i think i made a mistake with not going for culture after i took the desert.
Though it was a really good and intense game.

From my point of view (willburn) this game would have been different if i had not expanded on the third terrain planet. I should have gotten more millitary instead I got greedy. You may also notice im scouting conan at the point before i expand on the third planet. I was really considering attacking instead of expanding and I think that would have made the game different.

Also I dont think this is a great game But it does show that this game does not have to last 1 hour to get fun.

Actually, having watched the replay in detail, it looks more like fleet cap won the day. I only researched a couple of the 1st level techs plus lrm and siege, but the sheer size of my fleet was overwhelming any opposition by the end.

Either way, I didn't build a single civilian research lab.

The scrap yards and gas giant gave me a huge edge that I barely had to fight for. I suspect these will be fought over more thoroughly in future.

Also amazing to see that Rokkit barely lost a single frig after about 45 min!?!

Wilburn, re the "good vs light frigate" ships mentioned ingame, I'm sure that in more equal sized fleets they make more difference, but remember that you were only sending in a handful against 30 light frigs and 20 odd lrms, so they aren't going to swing things to that extent. Also, the advent ships are generally cheaper and weaker than tec ship for ship, so you would need to more than match frigate numbers.

Also worthy of note is that the siege frigs haven't been overnerfed as part of a mixed fleet.

This was one of the more fun games I've played; the action was intense from very early on, and the Battle of Vietoris was truly epic! It was also good to see the game take a different route to a typical 2v2 - the replay shows some different strategic options to the norm that imo are superior.

Ok. That was the correct folder. I watched the record, and... no, this is not an example of the superiority of military research. Both sides had nearly equal research in to the military trees. Both ignored the civilian side entirely. One simply had a bigger fleet than the other.

And yes, the 'strong vs' text assumes in a 1v1 fight at equal or near equal health levels. Not in 5v30 combat.

(Note, I suck at RTSes, so everything I might be saying is quite possibly a lie.)

Conan LRMs won it for you man. That's the weakness of Advent that their Javelin equivalent takes 3 research stations. You can't still be spamming basic frigate 40 minutes into the game :/ Will might have pulled the strike craft off, but i doubt he would have enough crystal. Both of your sides had very basic economies as well.

Lol at Will for trying to run from Akkan. I would never leave my capital in that long, especially not with Akkan around.

This recording crashes for me every single time @ 5:44 minutes. Always right on that second.

Instant freeze-lockup + mini-dump

Yup. I'm on version 1.02 and it crashes exactly at 5:44 every time I try to view it.

The replays say "INVALID REPLAY" in the selection menu if they don't work with the current version. If people are dumb enough to load them up anyway - what do you expect?

Anyhow, I sent my minidump and this replay to support. Hopefully get a reply.