Crystallurgy - in general and in DevNull

[TerranC]

Originally posted by Taera:
OK i want people to give me their advices... i want to play my next game as a crystallurgy race but i'd like to know if its an advantageous trait.

Of course i get cheap armor early on. But when faced with things like Psychic or Temporary, do Crystallurgy stand a chance?

I'd appreciate some tips for playing a crystallurgy race.

Crystallurgy is a defensive trait at best: the three facilities you get are defensive; Maintenance reduction on ships, Shields increase on ships, and resources generation through sunlight; all useful things to players who are in lack of ships and resources.

Weapons whoever, are definitely offensive; you get a faster, and only a bit weaker IMHO, substitute for the WMG, and long range armor skipping weapons. You also get seekers, and and reload time distruptors, which is very useful.

But the unfortunate thing is, is that All the other traits have more powerful stuff. All those pros don't hold a candle to the Allegiance Converter, the Talisman, and the TSY.