Poll: racial technologies

Suicide Junkie · #1 July 25th, 2003, 03:17 PM

Which is a good reason to divide the armor into smaller chunks...
Say, 1/5th or 1/6th the size, hitpoints, cost and ability amount.

Taera · #2 July 27th, 2003, 08:55 PM

actually SJ i find ships with like 6-8 OA's quite powerful.

Fyron · #3 July 27th, 2003, 09:41 PM

He was talking about ships with only a couple OAs, not 6-8. A lot of OA has nothing to do with the lack of regeneration ability with just one OA.

Arkcon · #4 July 30th, 2003, 04:23 PM

The poll has gotten a few more votes, and "no racial" seems to be leading the pack.

But ... only when it beats out all other traits combined can we definitively say that the racial techs have gotten dull, which is something I've felt of late.

I play organic because I like the sound of the seeker parasite. I play crystalline because I want a challenge vs. the AI. Temporal, religious, and psychic were fun ... once or twice ... but I saw what they did, and that was that.

Taera · #5 July 30th, 2003, 11:56 PM

well, excluding talisman i think that racial technologies are not so much of an advantage as a personal style/flavor. I dont play Organic because they're powerful - i play organic because i like playing organic. just because its organic. And i enjoy crystallurgy even though its a very weak trait (initially, at least. no early benefits.)

Q · #6 July 31st, 2003, 07:12 AM

Thank you all for voting.
For me the result shows that the racial technologies are not regarded as super powerful and you can play the game without one. That seems to be pretty much balanced. Second within the racial technologies crystalline remains the least favorite but (as I expectected) psychic has lost much after the Last patch. Third in spite of the talisman the religious technology seems not to be too much unbalanced.

LGM · #7 August 3rd, 2003, 09:17 AM

>In a game against human players with unmodded SE IV Gold Version 1.84 would you choose a racial technology and if so which one (only one possible)?<

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.