Topic: Empires at War

[orthok]

Hi guys, ive been an off and on player for quite some time now, i wanted to get back into the game but i only have EAW not OP.  are there any servers that dont require OP for me to play?

[orthok]

so i take it that most people play OP huh? is it fun on the dynaverse with OP? how would my experiance differ from EAW?

[EmeraldEdge]

Um, pirate cartel layer (rarely used except in mods) and then there are the extra weapons and arcs that come with OP.  Haven't played EAW in ages though so I don't remember what's different other than that.  If you like EAW though, then the 10 bucks for OP is probably a pretty safe bet for you.

[KAT Chuut-Ritt]

Usually you can find a copy of OP on Ebay at between $8 and $ 12

[orthok]

i dont want to start a flame war, but is SFC3 and their attempt at dynaverse anything like this dynaverse?

[EmeraldEdge]

Well, the D3 in SFC3 is "similar", the changes are pretty much, removing the Pirate layer from OP, adding the ability to supply at allied bases, not just your own, and then the big one, the only place you can get a mission is in a hex with an enemy AI.  This causes you to not be able to take hexes in an orderly manner and ends up in a checkerboard of hexes as you try and move into enemy territory.  I also seem to recall that because they gave a "pilot" to planets it caused issues with being able to take them or something.  There were problems with how it was done, imo.

Other than that there is also the ability to outfit your ship with your choice of weapons, but restricted by mass, but only in a very general way, which doesn't make sense in any way, to my mind.  There are other additions like the readdition of officers to SFC, as well as being able to see general chat and race chat at the same time.  Then, there is the tactical portion... we won't go into that.

Not worth the massive amount of money you have to pour out for it on ebay to get it (because it was discontinued and is in low supply).  You're talking like 80 bucks or more, ouch.

There could have been some other changes, but the fixes and additions to the Dynaverse just don't compensate for the rest of the games lack of extended playability.  Just my opinion (and that of everyone I know, personally).

[orthok]

cool i appreciate your comment. well ill see if i can jump in the fray of OP dynaverse...any recommendation on which server/mod has the most people on at the same time ussually?

[EmeraldEdge]

Well, it's kind of slim pickings.  You kind of have to pay attention to when the major servers run.  Right now, it's the General War series of servers, GW5 is running at the moment.  There is a post somewhere with the links for the downloads.  The mod that is pretty much standard for most things is the OP+ mod by Firesoul which adds a ton of ships and stuff, and then individual servers tend to mod a bit from there, so they sometimes require a mod chooser or manually switching out the shiplists to get on different servers.  I see there is a Universe at War server running, and that looks like an interesting mod. 

[Icehawk]

actually not that iam playn d3 right now but most mods add scripts so you have regular missions and have most of the same ones as on op evil dave missions are on them alot

[Age]

    I suppose one the Admins could throw up a stock Dyna for EAW for you.It is possible he doen't want to buy OP online right now not everyone like buying online.

[EmeraldEdge]

But if nobody else is on the dyna excpet you, why have someone throw it up?  Might as well just run a conquest single player campaign, wouldn't you?  I guess a couple of folks might hop on, but even OP is fairly sparse anymore.

[orthok]

rgr, yah no need to create an old dyna server, thanks for the infoooooo