Re: Favorite Racial Tech Trait
 

I like the Temporal racial trait not for any tatical reason, I just like the items it has, like Tachyon Cannons.

Re: Favorite Racial Tech Trait
 

simply because its aint no fun.... is it???
*smack* ow, why tomatoes!!!???

Re: Favorite Racial Tech Trait
 

I'm no longer too fond of racial traits, so when I use 'em I tend to go for coolness factor.

Temporal - I just like the idea of a race that's capable of manipulating time http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/icon10.gif Temporal Yards, anti-shield weaponry are pretty nice too. Events Predictor helps a lot in a defensive situation as well.

Temporal + Psychic - Manipulate time + read minds http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/icon6.gif I love the psychic training facilities, but I'm not too fond of the trait itself because it encourages other empires to come and snuff me out before I get AS.

Re: Favorite Racial Tech Trait
 

I have enough trouble mastering non racial traits. I sitck with plain vanilla.

Re: Favorite Racial Tech Trait
 

I like Organic best because of the facilities. Gotta love those Replicant Centers! http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/icon12.gif

Re: Favorite Racial Tech Trait
 

Crystallurgy by itself (love them shard cannons), or crystallurgy+religious (love them shard cannons that never MISS).

Throw on some Shield Deploetors to knock down the target's shields before the Shards go to work, and either they have VERY deep shields, or they take non-armor hull damage with the first salvo -- which might reduce their number of guns with which to shoot BACK, always a good thing.

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In mods like P&N, I currently prefer Crystal+Organic (GODS ... Biocrystal armor just ABSOLUTELY ROCKS ...). http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/icon7.gif

Re: Favorite Racial Tech Trait
 

<font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">HEH.

Temporal+Organic, Advanced Storage, and 10 populated worlds at maximum tech ... with a newly-built-and-colonised SphereWorld.

Within fifteen to twenty turns, with the Temporal Cloning facility build and a couple freighters making the rounds, you should have the SW populated to the 77B max.

That, and Temporal Spaceyard III, gives you ~117K build rates (I forget if I'd bought any Construction rate improvements during EMP design). Fully-laden mega-destructor Battlemoons in, say ... 6 turns. 7 tops.

Heh.

Re: Favorite Racial Tech Trait
 

<font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">hmm, you might wanna check out this combo in Devnull Mod Gold then, because there you also get the Chant Crystal that pierces all shields http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/icon10.gif .

Rollo

[ January 18, 2003, 22:18: Message edited by: Rollo ]

Re: Favorite Racial Tech Trait
 

I always go for Temporal (although, until the next patch comes out, it feels like cheating).

I've never played a combo race (well, not since the first couple games, where I was trying to figure out the differences between the racial abilities). But I chose Temporal + Deeply Religious, because I'm planning to try the Deeply Religious trait while I wait for the next patch. Not to mention the AI I have in mind for modding (if I ever find enough time to do that) would match the concept of a Religious race...

Re: Favorite Racial Tech Trait
 

<font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">Oh yeah, *rubs hands* *drools* yeah