[D'rek]

Hey Tatts, you could end up next to me *again*! Happy about that??? (and with a green tech skip, which is pretty good for Sol)

[twelve]

Position #5

[Imperial Historian]

Yeah tatts has ended up with probably the best starting position for sol.

Wondering if we will see the muaat from twelve!

[D'rek]

I thought Twelve was going to pick #4, TBH, so I wanted to get my jokes to Tatts in before he did! But that works, too!

[D'rek]

Imperial Historian, on 04 November 2020 - 06:33 PM, said:

Wondering if we will see the muaat from twelve!

Or from Blend! He did say he was mulling it over and then picked a spot with Abyz/Fria right next to the HW...

[twelve]

D, on 04 November 2020 - 06:35 PM, said:

I thought Twelve was going to pick #4, TBH, so I wanted to get my jokes to Tatts in before he did! But that works, too!

I'm looking for Muaat. But if Blend takes them I'll figure something else out.

[D'rek]

And I just realized Blend has a red skip next to his HW, too... we should have realized this sooner Glad I'm across the map!

[Tattersail_]

Don't let Drek and IH trick you both into picking Muatt. Shite race. Ask Morgoth. Ask Blend.

[D'rek]

No faction is a shite faction. Some are just more situational than others.

[twelve]

Tattersail_, on 04 November 2020 - 07:52 PM, said:

Don't let Drek and IH trick you both into picking Muatt. Shite race. Ask Morgoth. Ask Blend.

I pick Winnu. Not like a shit race will stop me from playing them

[Tattersail_]

D, on 04 November 2020 - 07:53 PM, said:

No faction is a shite faction. Some are just more situational than others.

It's a fun race to play but I doubt the win rate would be that good with them. Maybe in the update? I dare IH to pick them next game.

[Blend]

Imperial Historian, on 04 November 2020 - 06:11 PM, said:

Very tempted by muaat, but saar always look like so much fun.

Position number 2 and saar.

I was also hoping for Saar!

[D'rek]

Tattersail_, on 04 November 2020 - 08:15 PM, said:

D, on 04 November 2020 - 07:53 PM, said:

No faction is a shite faction. Some are just more situational than others.

It's a fun race to play but I doubt the win rate would be that good with them. Maybe in the update? I dare IH to pick them next game.

Right. Factions like Jol-Nar, Sol, Saar, Naalu, Yssaril - they can tend to do pretty well with almost any set of starting planets (assuming the map is balanced). Their abilities round them out well enough that they don't rely on having certain tech skips or a certain balance of resources vs influence.

Other factions, are the opposite. If Creuss have no wormholes near their homeworld they can barely use most of their abilities. If Muaat don't have some help getting up to their second war sun (resources or a red/yellow tech skip, in particular) they struggle to get what makes them special in the first place onto the map. Likewise for Mentak, Yin, Sardakk, and some others. They're not specifically bad, but they can't adapt to an area that doesn't fit them the way the top factions can.

But Winnu is actually straight up bad and have a hard time shining even when they get the perfect map setup

[Blend]

I think I'm gonna go Jol-Nar

[D'rek]

Is that your final answer?

[Blend]

Yes

[D'rek]

I'll pick Mentak

[Blend]

D, on 04 November 2020 - 08:34 PM, said:

I'll pick Mentak

UGH!

[Blend]

The only sure things in this game will be death and the Mentax.

[D'rek]

Blend, on 04 November 2020 - 08:35 PM, said:

D, on 04 November 2020 - 08:34 PM, said:

I'll pick Mentak

UGH!

I have become the very thing I swore to destroy