[DavidG]

Originally posted by PvK:

they can't develop Berzerker, or Aggressiveness/Defensiveness, during play, and except for Racial advantages, all the material bonuses and training eventually level out so everyone has the same thing, which means that the player who took the most racial combat advantages will have an advantage throughout the game, and particularly at the end.

PvK

Ah yes but this assumes that the non berzerker player does not take advantage of whatever racial options he took instead. The berzerker may have the advantage at the end in even combat but hopefully the non-bezerker has used his attributes to develop a much larger fleet and a bigger empire.