Faction Spotlight: Sol Imperial Worlds

Well this is indeed intriguing, with so many mechanics at play it's really going to be a thing of grievance upon your TEir X being destroyed lol. Didn't realize I was talking to the CEO here haha, thanks for taking the time to answer my questions and believe me I'll have plenty more.

I've been looking for a real in depth space combat game that meshes pvp with sector control. Player everything from battle star galactica online to EVE. Love these types of games, so that's were all these questions are Coming from.

In any event, I'll stay tuned for more info until release. Really curious to witness first hand how everything comes together. I love playing the huge big clunky ships, just trying grasp how strong these things are in the game once a human player is in control.

My last question for the night is this, will you guys be exchanging ships for real cash? So instead of exp there's a dollar amount? Free to play model = pay 2 win, I understand you guys have to make money & I spend, just don't want to see this being abused

 

It really does cause the death of the game, it's happened many times with different titles. I'm happy you have that view point & hope it stays!

Now upon reaching "end game" and the map is under full control by a race, what then? Server refresh of sectors? Any long lasting effects for accomplishing such a thing?

 

On Heroes Kingdoms, there were multiple servers, which would start every three weeks or so. Is there going to be a schedule of servers opening up or it is TBD?

 

what would be the limit a server could have?

 

Marketting, Schmarketting. All you need to do is release this puppy and let the fans do all the work for you. There are a couple of sites I'm going to spread the word on once I get to play, I've already pre-warmed the water, so to speak, by letting them know about the KS when it was active, and there'll be more interest once I can review it there too.

 

Don't put yourself down [nor me up too high], I just believe this will sell itself. It's looking to be an amazing game, with a great design and good concept. Word of mouth is one of the best things you can get going for you, or it can be the thing that shuts you down completely. [ref. Palladium Books Robotech RPG Tactics KS, APB MMO relaunch after the initial one was absolute <Censored>!]

And I believe spreading the word early will bring in more customers, more Beta players, and more long-term players.

 

I'll definitely be talking about the game to my buddies I play online games with. Sol is my first choice.

 

I think I'm going for Sol to start. Its an easier race to play, and maybe there isn't as much XP gains with marines and alternates but I won't get blasted out of the sky (I think) as easily.

 

Did have one other question about Sol. Do they have marines too, or is it Genari-specific.

 

Yes they do, but not in the ships we've seen so far IIRC, and possibly not in the Beta.

 

If the question was about the marine-pods, then Vesuvius said this (in the Genari Faction Spotlight thread):
"Also most Genari ships have marine pods -- which the Sol don't use except on their marine ships."

So Sol has marine-pods only on "marine-ships".

 

I think I will start with Sol in the beta and get more experience that way before I try the genari. I wonder if many others will have the same thinking and there will be more sol players at launch.

 

After playing a while Sol definitely has the tech advantage. I do like the convenience of stronger shields and more accurate weapons. At this point I see the Genari as Orks, and Sol as the Elves.