Single player till I can beat the bots with ease. Then I will move onto MP and still play Single player as well.

I'll probably play almost entirely singleplayer. I generally don't venture out into the multiplayer of RTSes at all because I tend to be pretty slow (arthritis ftl). I may give it a whirl eventually, however, due to the structure of the game verse most other RTSes.

this game has got nothing to do with uber-clickers. I believe my click count is ~8-25 at any given minute, and I'm just fine thank-you.

its based on strategy and resource allocation, not clickspeed.

I think like with most RTS that Iown it will be a 70/30 split in favor of SP.. Every once in awhile Ill go on line with whatever game Ive been playing and somtimes it will be just for one game, other times I crack out on the MP seen for a week or so, just depends on how well its done and how badly im getting whooped. Some RTS MP is very structured like, you have to know all the right build orders and map knowledge bla bla bla, like AOE3, if you dont spend time reading online about sucsefull strats, then practice aginst the AI you have no chance Online, others like WAr3 or UAW you can just jump in there and do what you do. Considering the time it takes to play sins Id say most of my online time will be with people I know, not just andom skirmishes..LAN will be HUGE as I have a roomate that also has a computer! (we are LAN gays, we LAN it up all the time..)

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8? That made me smile. Playing 1v3 hard ai's I can assure you 8 would get you beaten. It pays off to micro your fleets while engaged to some degree. Clickspeed isnt as big as some rts I played but i wouldnt count it out either.

I can assure you, I can handle 5 AIs at a clickspeed of 3, it just depends on what point in the game I'm sitting around watching my empire

Schod <- very experienced player

I've done this before.

although taht one requires slightly more clicking...

I beliebe your claim was about a clickspeed of 8 in any given minute, not on average

3? Hehehe That made me rofl. Whats next 1? Surprised you didnt die of boredom yet

co-op fzw! AI doesnt cheat and doesnt say stuff like "i can beat u in 3 clicks and less" as if by doing so he is a semi-god.

put some AI a huge galaxy use the save button and have a nice game 4 a few weeks with friends chatting on haveing a nice relaxing game....

MP always gets ppl angry , causes alot of ego and alot of forum bashing "i beat u 3 times u suck bla bla bla "

look at WoW co-op vs the AI with 9 million accounts , enough said.

Schod ur my hero. You are the prime example why people rather play the AI then egos like you.

In a 1 v 3 (team hard AI) on a large map you WILL NOT be able to win with 3 clicks a minute. Sure the beginning you wont click much but once the AI get their stuff together lol you need to click rather much to keep your empire together and expand.

I like to create a mix of AI levels and AI personalities when there are multiple in a game. You are right, a hard AI may get to the weaker one before you do, but the race can be half the run!  And if you're not one for speed, set some of your AI to 'hard' and 'defensive' and see how well you break his wall