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Fri Mar 16, 2007 12:46 pm
AqoTrooper
Level 24: Reaver
Joined: 08 Aug 2004
Posts: 1738
Location: Under your bed
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This is a MMO browser game. If you don't like browser games, shoo.
http://beta.astroempires.com/home.aspx
It has a fairly big community, which turns out to be very active.
The tutorial on the site may be a bit confusing; here is a short tutorial on what to do once you sign up and login which should get you going:
1. Once logged-in, click "Bases" in the upper menu.
2. In the lower menu, you should see one link under the "Base" option, probably named "Home Planet". Click it.
3. You are now inside the controls of the only planet under your control (as of now). Since you just started the game, you'll probably want to increase your Income, which would be than very low. To do that, click the "Structures" link, and start producing structures. It would be a good idea to ignore Solar Plants, and aim to upgrade Metal Refineries as much as you can. Add "Metal Refineries" to the queue in the bottom of the page as much as you can. Once you can't, add "Gas Plants" once, and return to adding "Metal Refineries" (which should become enabled than).
Keep upgrading "Metal Refineries" until it's around level 7-9, and than start focusing on other things as well.
4. Once you choose to construct Research Labs, and finish level 1, click the "Research" tab and start adding researches to the queue.
Ignore Defenses and Production in the earlier stages. You get a week of protection once you sign-in as long as you don't attack anyone, so you'll be safe... for now.
#Info#
In the Structures tab, the "Credits" line represents how much credits you need to pay to construct that structure. Energy shows how much energy the structure either gives (+) or requires (_). Economy shows how much credits per hour that structure gives you per level.
You'll probably figure out the rest by yourself later. Good luck!
If you want, post your coordinates here so that the others can set a trade route to you... *cough*or attack route*cough* :p
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Fri Mar 16, 2007 4:28 pm
DT777
Level 10: Firebat
Joined: 01 Mar 2005
Posts: 323
Location: Wouldn't you like to know
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I don't trust you aqo. I refuse to put my coords up unless I see yours up here...
=D
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Fri Mar 16, 2007 4:39 pm
Invader 7
Level 8: Hydralisk
Joined: 07 Jan 2007
Posts: 204
Location: Gollum's Cavern
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Awesome, Aqo. Joined already.
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Fri Mar 16, 2007 4:42 pm
DT777
Level 10: Firebat
Joined: 01 Mar 2005
Posts: 323
Location: Wouldn't you like to know
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| Invader 7 wrote: |
| Awesome, Aqo. Joined already. |
And I know where you are! Bwahahaha. What luck that I'd find your planet. You and your small little moon.
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Fri Mar 16, 2007 5:45 pm
AqoTrooper
Level 24: Reaver
Joined: 08 Aug 2004
Posts: 1738
Location: Under your bed
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Come on DT I was kidding, you get a week-long protection mode anyway so I won't be able to attack you... and by the week's end you'll probably have enough defenses to fend up my losey fighters.
Than again, in a week, I'll have more than just those losey fighters :p
And w00t Invader how is your progress?
Mine is:
Construction 28
Production 26
Research 18
Economy 21
Energy 20/23
Population 27/35
Player Level: 6.78
:p
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Fri Mar 16, 2007 7:35 pm
Berry2K
Snowflake Entertainment
Joined: 30 Jul 2004
Posts: 1648
Location: Nijmegen, the Netherlands
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Fri Mar 16, 2007 8:24 pm
Invader 7
Level 8: Hydralisk
Joined: 07 Jan 2007
Posts: 204
Location: Gollum's Cavern
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| AqoTrooper wrote: |
And w00t Invader how is your progress?
Mine is:
Construction 28
Production 26
Research 18
Economy 21
Energy 20/23
Population 27/35
Player Level: 6.78
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Not bad
Construction 24
Production 20
Research 6
Economy 7
Energy 8/15
Population 11/20
Player Level: 5.16
EDIT: Dangit... DT gets a cool looking place... Anapollis, eh, DT?
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Fri Mar 16, 2007 11:06 pm
DT777
Level 10: Firebat
Joined: 01 Mar 2005
Posts: 323
Location: Wouldn't you like to know
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Aye, so you found it? Me and my little earth planet.
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Sat Mar 17, 2007 12:18 am
TiB0
Level 12: High Templar
Joined: 20 Sep 2004
Posts: 464
Location: Antwerp, Belgium
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I play this awesome massive multiplayer game called "life", and you don't even need a computer to be able to play it!
whoa! its graphics are so 1337!
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Sat Mar 17, 2007 2:50 am
DT777
Level 10: Firebat
Joined: 01 Mar 2005
Posts: 323
Location: Wouldn't you like to know
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Aqo, Invader.. The three of us should start a guild on this. We could rule the universe!!! maybe...
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Sat Mar 17, 2007 5:03 am
Invader 7
Level 8: Hydralisk
Joined: 07 Jan 2007
Posts: 204
Location: Gollum's Cavern
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That would be a good idea. If none of us has any plans to BS the other. The way this game is set up, however, I don't think they'd make it very far past each other's defenses.
@ TiB0: Woah! You play that one, too? So awesome, isn't it? You know it has the most players, options, and features of any game in existence?!?!?
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Sat Mar 17, 2007 8:33 am
AqoTrooper
Level 24: Reaver
Joined: 08 Aug 2004
Posts: 1738
Location: Under your bed
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Life costs a lot of money though, and it has a really crappy and imbalanced gameplay. Graphics isn't all that matters, really, if I had to point out one good thing about life is the lack of lag which makes up for a nice real-time play. However, I'd still rather play other games beyond it.
As for a guild, I already have one - [GD] Galactic Defender. Feel free to join us.
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Sat Mar 17, 2007 5:57 pm
Feanor
Level 21: Archon
Joined: 18 Aug 2006
Posts: 1408
Location: Under your bed. No seriously take a look.
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What is this game? Can anyone post a comprehensive game description?
:/ is it just my computer or did u guys add auto-spell check?
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Sat Mar 17, 2007 6:24 pm
Invader 7
Level 8: Hydralisk
Joined: 07 Jan 2007
Posts: 204
Location: Gollum's Cavern
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I've already been asked to join a guild. One of those with probably 1000+ members. I'd rather just be on my own the first time around. -_-
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Sat Mar 17, 2007 11:58 pm
Asylum
Level 3: Probe
Joined: 25 Jan 2007
Posts: 44
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This looks pretty interesting, seems like it could keep somebody occupied when they're really bored. 
I've gotten an account, but it's slooow. Ten minutes?! Shiiiit.
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Sun Mar 18, 2007 2:31 am
Friendly Hobo
Level 9: Dragoon
Joined: 15 Jun 2005
Posts: 277
Location: Springfield, Illinois
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Well I just started, and have joined a guild. This game reminds me of all the other text based RTS games I have played, only this one is actually fun.
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Sun Mar 18, 2007 3:05 am
KzinistZerg
Level 8: Hydralisk
Joined: 15 Mar 2006
Posts: 229
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| AqoTrooper wrote: |
| Life costs a lot of money though, and it has a really crappy and imbalanced gameplay. Graphics isn't all that matters, really, if I had to point out one good thing about life is the lack of lag which makes up for a nice real-time play. However, I'd still rather play other games beyond it. |
Yeah, and you get so damn much spam.
This looks interesting, but i can't afford another addiction right now, hehe...
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Mon Mar 19, 2007 2:31 am
DT777
Level 10: Firebat
Joined: 01 Mar 2005
Posts: 323
Location: Wouldn't you like to know
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W00t got two bases now. Now to just expand over all of my solar system.
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Mon Mar 19, 2007 8:39 am
Commodore Nuclear X
Level 14: Broodling
Joined: 07 Feb 2006
Posts: 653
Location: Lebanon
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Even solitaire beats browser games... and I don't even LIKE solitaire.
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Mon Mar 19, 2007 1:08 pm
AqoTrooper
Level 24: Reaver
Joined: 08 Aug 2004
Posts: 1738
Location: Under your bed
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Come on CNX. Browser MMOs are a great experience, it's like a competition between many people which involves resource management that includes putting into consideration time VS cost VS effort, along with diplomatic moves which may either help you or put you in the wrong position. This is like real life marketing only that instead of getting paid for doing well you get fake money on the game :p
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I already control three planets, and I'm about to colonize my 4rh is less than 3 hours. 5th is on the way, as well. My economy is at the whooping amount of 79 ^_^
Invader, my guild already has 3 members, maybe you'd join us? There's no point to be in a lone guild; together, we could set trade routes to get extra money, and later on combine our fleets together to KILL STUFF MUAHAHAHA.
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| Feanor wrote: |
| What is this game? Can anyone post a comprehensive game description? |
If you never played browser games before, this is basically a real-time game where you can play a character in an imaginary world (universe, in this case). It's a MMO, meaning that it goes on all the time, even when you're logged off - which would translate to you being asleep in the game.
The goal is to be the best. Simple. Well, it isn't :p
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