Questions: Game Price and Multiplayer Tactical

[Baghadur]

I'm potentially a MOO3 refugee, but was surprised by the $75+ price when ordering Online (i.e. shipping almost same price as the game). A deciding factor would be whether multiplayer tactical combat for TCP/IP has been added in the gold Version or via patch. Searched the forum and website, but couldn't find an answer.

Thanks.

[Suicide Junkie]

Tactical combat is only practical in hotseat play.
Even then, with more than 2 human players it gets quickly out of hand.

The TCP/IP play mode is similar to PBW, except SE4 runs continuously and the turns are transferred automatically.

[LGM]

$75? What country are you in? If you are in the UK, there is a local distributor. Directly from Shrapnel in the US is $39.99+$7.28 for Ground shipping to my zip code. Maybe with overnight shipping it might be $75.00.

[LGM]

I have never used TCP/IP play with this game. The game is bested played using a hosting website: See www.pbw.cc. (http://www.pbw.cc.) PBW will run all the turns and destribute them when the Last player uploads his turn. Unless you are playing a tiny universe, it is not practicle to play the game in one session. Large empires can take up to an hour to run a turn (depending on your level of micromanagement).

[Baghadur]

Thanks for the feedback. I'll recheck the on-line order and see if it was operator error selecting the shipping method.