If you had to be in a faction.....

[D4everman]

Ok, I've only got one more thing to post this morning (so far)

If this fantasy world game were real which faction would you really want to lead or be in?

I'm in the military but I wouldn't be a spartan...I like the university but I don't see me fitting it into that society. As much as I hate to admit it, I'd probably be a peacekeeper. Funny thing is my co-worker (he plays a lot of SMAC) thinks I'd be in the University and he feels he'd be there too, but I see him as more of a Believer.

What do you think you'd be in?

D4

[Neptunus]

Deirdre's boyfriend/husband/lover maybe ? ;-)

Well seriously now, my faction's agenta would better suit the UoP. When I was in the army (artillery) we had a motto : Power through knowledge. And as Zak says when you discover Matter transmission :
"I still have it, actually" ...

[waynehead]

I think I'd want to live in either Morganite or Peacekeeper territory. Zakky'd probably try to do some experiment on me, Deidre's too tree-crazy, Miriam's insane, Yang doesn't care a whit for his subjects, and I couldn't adapt to the spartan lifestyle. I'm more of an Athens kinda guy.

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[AI]

As a research student and a science graduate, with a future career that will more than likely lie in research, and strong scientific/atheistic leanings, it wouldn't be too much of a surprise to learn that if I were to join a faction, it would certainly be the University.

[MidKnight Lament]

Morgan. Wasn't the excuse for the size limit of 4 before Hab Complexes, "Creature comforts at a premium"? Sounds good to me!

Peacekeeper would come next though. Of course, when I'm a leader I'm not caring too much about the civilians. As long as they don't drone on me.

- MKL

[The_Progenitors]

::what meaning:: if this game were real.

::is not real?::



[This message has been edited by The_Progenitors (edited June 19, 2000).]

[Alinestra Covelia]

I have a pretty easy time existing in restrictive societies, and find that in several situations (all-girl boarding school, one year's compulsory military service, European fencing academy) I have been able to adapt and eventually succeed. (I was made a house prefect, an NCO sergeant, and wasn't picked on too often to be the demo dummy.)

I think Yang's Hive is something similar - if you can learn the ropes and adapt properly, you could rise to a godly position. True, this isn't in keeping with socialist teachings, but then again Yang's faction is at best a very distant subversion of the socialist rationale.

"Give me a good leader, and I will follow them to the ends of the earth."

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[Adam_Smith]

As much as I would like to run through the woods naked, I would have to say that that would get old after a while. So the Gaians are out. I'm not into money or power too much either. That leaves out Morgan and Yang etc... I'm not religious although I enjoy pretending to be. That leaves out my favorite faction to play (Believers). I still can't figure out superstring theory so I think I would not do well in the UoP. I guess the only real factions I would even think about being in would be the Peacekeepers or the Drones. Lal does not strike me as a practical leader so I will go with the Drones.

[Bearcat]

Maybe the Believers or the Pirates. Perhaps the Angels.

[joer]

I think the Cybernetic Conscience would have a certain appeal to me, even though it's less about joining a particular group, but being in a certain state of mind.
Giving up the irrational and over-emotional tendencies of my personality to become a 'better', more efficient and intellectually more capable person in a fair, stoic society that encourages and rewards such a way sounds like a good lifestyle to me. Not to mention that the term "becoming one with the machine" sounds like a very cool concept (it's not like I don't sit in front of my PC all day anyways).

While the tendency for Morganities for personal comfort is nice, I despise the "make more money, just to make more money"-attitude that puts economic growth above everything.

I suppose I could live with the University's quest for more knowledge (and enlightenment?), even if it means sacrificing some personal comfort, so that faction would be number 2 on my list.

Data Angels...sure sound cute, but is that a way of society, but just a subgroup in a given society?

Comments on the other factions: Drones -- physical work? me??? I don't think so; Miriam: I don't think I'd have much fun there as atheist; Yang: hate dictatorships and police-states; Deedee: uh-huh ; Santiago: I even flunked militairy service; PK: I'm already going nuts with the amount of bureaucracy we have in this state. Is rulership by paper-shuffling really the way to go?
-joer

[Sinapus]

Alas, I'd have to go with a custom faction.

Although the one I'm currently using has -5 Morale. (It's sort of an inside joke. If you ever played the original X-Com game then you probably know what it means to have poor troops that take forever to gain experience.)



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[Stefu]

Sinapus: Do you mean those crack troops of all armies which can't hit Floater if it is standing next to him (Yes, really! I tried to put autoshot to Floater right next to me, and all of the shots missed! That's an achievement, that is )

[kaz]

Bah, what were you shooting with? A laser pistol? Slap a Heavy Plasma on every guy, and you'll never fail to bag your man.(Hell, in Cydonia, I once killed three aliens with one turn of autoshot!)

Anyway, back to the topic.

I respect Santiago, but the Pirates seem more my style lately. I'd take vacations in Morgan terrritory.

But Marr is the one I understand the most. Hell yah, I want to be a god! Why would I play SMAC if I didn't?
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[Sinapus]

quote: Originally posted by Stefu on 06-20-2000 08:24 AM Sinapus: Do you mean those crack troops of all armies which can't hit Floater if it is standing next to him (Yes, really! I tried to put autoshot to Floater right next to me, and all of the shots missed! That's an achievement, that is )

Oddly enough, I found snap shots were better than aimed shots for some reason.

That and the fact that morale affects psi combat neatly reflects the ways you can get clobbered by Sectoids and Ethereals.

Through playtesting I've found the units stay at very green unless you happen to have Power/Command Center/Bioenhancement Center. Then they may go up to Disciplined, but I think you still need a Children's Creche to move it up that far.

I'm just glad X-Com Apocalypse has training centers in bases so you can leave your worst troops at home and hope they become somewhat accurate later on.


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[Doug325]

OK lets look at each faction:
Hive : Be ruled by a meglomanical dictator-- I don't think so
Believers : Religion is OK, but I wouldn;t want to live in a society where it was the only thing - No
Spartans : Less objectionable than the above two, but I am not the military type

The other factions would be OK
Morganites : Being ricgh is good, but I am sure there is corporate backstabbing in a society that values money over everyting else
PKs : Good society - nice place to live
Gains : As someone else said, I would choose them if I could be Lady Diedre's lover. OK otherwise
Univ : My first choice