Modders, Race Creators and TDM-creators

[Taera]

hmm, i see your point Alpha Kodiak.
But still.
In my Last game i put in 6 TDM races, one my own AI and one for myself.
OK, so i got in a war with EA which realy uses PPB and then goes straight to the highest levels of APB.
I've switched to my AI (Taera) and looked at their enemy designs. What do i find?
*Jraenar that use PPB and then NSP
(Umm... i have to fix myself, they research high-energy weapons late on)
*Praetorian who use PPB and then NSP
*Toron that too first use PPB heavily and then start with APB

Observed similar cases in most of my games.
I realy would like to see races that go straight away to torpedoe or gravity weapons. Then again their AI just might not be as great as those Big Evil AIs that use PPB with NSP, but the single-played game will be tonns more interesting then.

Tell me, is the situation is the same on PBW games? Do all the players go straight away to PPB and NSP?