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Favorite Standard Races (MOO2)
Hello all. I recently recieved my free copy of MOO2 from Gamespot (had to bug them about it), and was thinking about something. What is your favorite standard race, and why?
Yes, yes, I know. Nobody uses the standard races. Custom made is the hippest and coolest thing around.
Nevertheless, were you to, for some insane reason, use a standard race, what is your preference. Note that I usually prefer playing the standard races, simply because I like the archtypes.
My personal Fav has got to be the Humans. Yes, I know they're boring regulars without strange and unusual powers, but they're also the best at my favorite aspect of the game (something that was left out of Pax Imperia 2, which was basically MOO2 + "real time" - coolness): alien management.
I love the fact that you can conquer, for example, a Trilarian base (Aquatics) (doesn't even have to be the whole empire), and start putting them on your planets, thus increasing each planet's overall potential. Add Skarrans (Subterranian), and population density increases even more. Top it off with Silicoids (Lithovores)to colonize those high potential floating rocks you've been ignoring, and you've got just about every ecological niche colonized. Unlike some, I actually like starting with the Silicoids right next door.
Combine them all in one big, happy, human originated (though no longer strictly human by any means) Federation, with the research and trade bonuses, and fast assimilation, and you've got something that's not only highly productive (and more so than your neighbors), but is also something straight out of Utopian science fiction.
As you can tell, I'm more interested in the sense of the dramatic I can get from the games I play than in maximizing my score, or even in winning all the time. I've played about four games since I got the game, and I'm up to playing Medium now (Easy was, well, easy!)
Yes, yes, I know. Nobody uses the standard races. Custom made is the hippest and coolest thing around.
Nevertheless, were you to, for some insane reason, use a standard race, what is your preference. Note that I usually prefer playing the standard races, simply because I like the archtypes.My personal Fav has got to be the Humans. Yes, I know they're boring regulars without strange and unusual powers, but they're also the best at my favorite aspect of the game (something that was left out of Pax Imperia 2, which was basically MOO2 + "real time" - coolness): alien management.
I love the fact that you can conquer, for example, a Trilarian base (Aquatics) (doesn't even have to be the whole empire), and start putting them on your planets, thus increasing each planet's overall potential. Add Skarrans (Subterranian), and population density increases even more. Top it off with Silicoids (Lithovores)to colonize those high potential floating rocks you've been ignoring, and you've got just about every ecological niche colonized. Unlike some, I actually like starting with the Silicoids right next door.
Combine them all in one big, happy, human originated (though no longer strictly human by any means) Federation, with the research and trade bonuses, and fast assimilation, and you've got something that's not only highly productive (and more so than your neighbors), but is also something straight out of Utopian science fiction.
As you can tell, I'm more interested in the sense of the dramatic I can get from the games I play than in maximizing my score, or even in winning all the time. I've played about four games since I got the game, and I'm up to playing Medium now (Easy was, well, easy!)
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