Prefered Race?

[Silver14]

What race do you prefer to play in Gal Civ 2?

I suppose some argue that there isn't much difference between them if you play them due to the customization. There are subtle differences, and in fact the main reason I prefer the Thalan above all others is that they get a larger home world, minus the small second planet that other races get.

I'd rather have a size 15 planet then a 10-12 with a nearby planet of 4-6 quality. Also picking up a 10% planet quality boost enhances their homeworld further.


*edited for minor spelling adjustment

[Tuberski]

I've played a custom race and humans so far.

ACK!

[LordTheRon]

Iconian! They look so... weird. Second choice would be Yor.

[Smokey the Pott]

I'm going with Drengin, nothing like taking over a 17 billion pop planet with a single troop transport.

[Brizey]

I have been playing a customized verison of the Thalians.

[chadeo]

One thing I have noticed when picking a race and then customizing it is that if you remove some of their built in abilities you actually gain no points. I have not spent the time to go through and figure out which abilities are like this on all the races but I suspect all of them have this.

I am not sure if this is a bug or expected.

The fact that each race can have subtle starting differences as well makes it hard to pick a race. I had no idea the Thalan had a different starting planet than other races for example. This makes me want to start a game with the default race selection for each race just to figure out what the differences are.

Are the total point values for the races even balanced?

[Leuenberg]

Indeed, some of the race default bonuses are in fact part of the ten points allocation to customize them.

But that's clearly fuzzy, I even have the feeling that the point cost of default abilities his highter than the 10 point allocated for a fully customized race (not counting bonuses for Miniaturization or Logistics who could not be customized).

I will try to do some math this evening ...

Also as for the Race Poll, I believe the Yor clearly have an edge for a conquest game with their advantage in logistics and miniaturization

[siabaa]

I like Yor for the conquest. Any word on weither when you customize it takes away the default advantages?