Wasn't there going to be an announcement in September?

[Nedrear]

Sounds like a total makeover of the spy engine or stealth military techs which are underrepresented... but judging by names is stupid. Not every game content lives up to its name.

So the Expansion "Shadows" it is then. I sure hope a lot more mod options are in there.

[Gareth_Bryne]

Shadows are worse than Shakturi... (see sig[:)])

[WoodMan]

Very much looking forward to it! As always [:D]

[ASHBERY76]

Shadows and the hint about Pirates being important in this expansion suggest a link or maybe the Shadows are just the new big bad Bio race on the block.

[WiZz]

A title of existing addon (Legends) means nothing. So, I think word "Shadows" doesn't have a significant meaning. Just beautiful title for space strategy addon.
At all, I have huge hopes for this expansion. [:)]

[ASHBERY76]

ORIGINAL: WiZz

A title of existing addon (Legends) means nothing. So, I think word "Shadows" doesn't have a significant meaning. Just beautiful title for space strategy addon.
At all, I have huge hopes for this expansion. [:)]

Actually the title Legends ment the new leader system introduced in my view.

[Nedrear]

A legend is a great person or leader or general shaping the history of a nation or empire through his actions. The name fits the expansion.

[WiZz]

Possible. Honestly, this meaning was not clear for me.

[WoodMan]

Yup, the legendary leader is what I assumed the title meant. It was clear to me immediately, hehe. Also, aren't the pirates called the Legendary Pirates?

[unclean]

Firmly in the did not think about title camp here, mind = blown.

Hope this is a "shadows of the past" kind of thing and we get to see some crazy pre-war stuff.

[Haree78]

Or it could be to do with the mechanics of stealth or the way pirates act, or some kind of singularity mechanics....hmmm can't wait to see what is in store for us.

[ehsumrell1]

ORIGINAL: Nedrear

A legend is a great person or leader or general shaping the history of a nation or empire through his actions. The name fits the expansion.

You hit the nail on the head Nedrear!

[Harrs]

Please dont rush make it bugfree.. till end of the year ís not a lot of time... And take a look on the wishlist..
Eliminate the exploits with trading tech.. And please put real terraforming in..

Shadows sounds nice.. Maybe you could play a pirate fraction.. that would be funny.. You have to capture freighters and so on.
like the pirates game in the carribean haha
And it would be nice if you could bundle all expansions.. a DW: Gold package.. Then the game would get more reviews.. more players and more money for you.

[Shark7]

Hmm, shadows....

'What evil lurks within the hearts of men, the shadow knows.'

This sounds to me like it could be an expansion of the pirate/criminal factions in the game. I guess we'll have to wait and see.

I would still love the ability for pirates (and players) to capture vessels, not just destroy them.

[w1p]

capturing vessels and a boarding system would be great!

The only thing I want is for them to open up the modding side of things. Tech tree and component modification would be great!

Also the gold package for all the games is a great idea, although it would have to be valued at around the £60 mark which is a lot for new people to get into...

The trouble is bugs. I've put so many hours into this game, I have forgotten what bugs there are and think of them as features. Harrs has mentioned exploits and tech trading, I always let the AI set the tax rate (otherwise i end up with millions) and don't sell any technology (I only buy as I'm often behind!). What other bugs are there?

[Hawawaa]

Shadows... espionage features maybe... (like Rebellion and or what not) guessing here... can't wait for what ever it is. [&o]

[Sithuk]

ORIGINAL: Harrs

Please dont rush make it bugfree.. till end of the year ís not a lot of time... And take a look on the wishlist..
Eliminate the exploits with trading tech.. And please put real terraforming in..

Shadows sounds nice.. Maybe you could play a pirate fraction.. that would be funny.. You have to capture freighters and so on.
like the pirates game in the carribean haha
And it would be nice if you could bundle all expansions.. a DW: Gold package.. Then the game would get more reviews.. more players and more money for you.

Hars: there is no "rush" as such, the deadline is economically set. The deadline will be to release a few weeks prior to the Christmas holidays, pretty much independent of how many bugs remain. I'll still buy it as Elliot has demonstrated how strong his after market support is to deal with the bugs that the economically set deadline has not allowed him to correct.

[ASHBERY76]

[Kayoz]

ORIGINAL: Sithuk
Hars: there is no "rush" as such, the deadline is economically set. The deadline will be to release a few weeks prior to the Christmas holidays, pretty much independent of how many bugs remain. I'll still buy it as Elliot has demonstrated how strong his after market support is to deal with the bugs that the economically set deadline has not allowed him to correct.

My 2p...

I agree entirely with this statement. Most games get a patch or two to alleviate the worst offending bugs, and then the publisher/dev is completely silent... till the next release, when they ask the consumer for more money.

Matrix has shown a commitment to fix the bugs in its games long after the release. This is sadly rare in the games industry. They've got my money!

[darcion]

I know one other really good Developer and Publisher like matrix games and CodeForce. This is "Paradox Interactive", they push years after release patches and expansions out and they have a huge community. If they start a new game, after some progress they give us "development diaries", so everybody can see what is in.

maybe we can have this feature too, see what is currently in.