[Arkcon]

Originally posted by LGM:
Was this a vote for favorite Advanced trait or most powerful advanced trait? I vote for what I thought was the most powerful trait, but lately I have become bored playing that one and I will probably not play it again as I consider it unbalanced. I prefer to ban its use. I think some may have voted what they like to play.

I think most votes give good info, 'tho you're right -- there are two questions asked in one. Basically, if it was your favorite, but you've stopped selecting it -- too powerful, unbalancing, so easy it's boring -- then, it's not your favorite anymore.

What may return interest to the racial techs is a revamping. Some friends and I have the idea of making practically all techs racial techs. One race gets meson bLasters, one gets APB, one gets cloaking, etc.

Taking that to a crazy extreme -- one race gets point defence. The rest, do without. One race gets ppb. Everyone else punches through shields the hard way. Likewise, one race gets phased shields, everyone else is at the mercy of the ppb race.

My goal is to actually avoid balance, if that makes any sense. Some races are easy to play, some are a challange. When you select your race at game startup, you would be selecting the handicap you want.