To clear up the advent research speed, a 25% reduction is a 33% speed increase. Say all research is 100 seconds for simplicity. For advent, it is 75 seconds.

When the TECH finishes a research, advent has finished 1+1/3 research. They've both elapsed 100 seconds. For the advent, that is 1+1/3, or 75+25 (25 is 1/3 of 75, 1/3rd into their next research). While the TECh only have 1.00 in research.

going by reduction amount is a bit misleading, because the advent are indeed 33% into finishing the next research precisely when the other two races have finished their first one, when you exclude the time it takes to research that research.

Random

best race-

the ones in my mod, these being the 'Legion of Vraxedes' and the 'Empire of Taun'Shas'

Legion's Mars Legacy Titan- consumes 500 fleet supply but can destroy 10 fully upgraded starbases, 30 capital ships, 400 frigates/cruisers, and bomb a planet to boot all without losing its shields; anyone who says that's overpowered is probably right, except for the fact that at full fleet research capacity this ship will take up an entire 4th of your fleet supply, plus it costs more than 2 Novalith/Kostura Cannons/Deliverance Engines, adding to that is the fact that it's a tier 8 research subject that costs the same as the other races superweapons.

Check my post on the mod (The Legions Mod) (it will not be ready for some time yet), it offers some backstory, and I will be updating it to feature the new stuff for the existing races and the new races' gear.

For me it's Random, I don't mind playing with any race.

Although the Advent fits my playstyle the most -> Turtling (I'm playing at this moment only offline though)

At the start of the game I just try to get some 6-8 planets, and then build the best defence I can.

At this moment playing against 9 Hard AI's. So far, best fight was, when 3 AI's attacked me at once. ("Meteor strike is made of pure win").

The vasari and advent are definatly the best races... due to the vasari's ablity to easily pwn the neutrals, their uber starbase, and space egg... and the advent have their illums... and -60% devlopment cost from their capital ship...

But the TEC have my heart, in a long game even game... if you can survive the illum rush and can keep your fair share of neutrals... ho, man, their end game is just... beautiful.

Wouldn't that menace that's hunting the Vasari be a danger to all the races? Hence the suspicion that the 4th race added to the game will be what's chasing the Vasari?

true but what the two other races don't know doesn't bother them

would be fun if there were some maps, if that nemesis is ever introduced in an expasion where you have to play cooperatively in a scenario such as defend certain sectors or capture a specific system. because frankly i miss a campaign.

dude, Asgard ftw. Ragnorak Colosus pwns the fuck out of the Wraith and Ancients. Combine it with Freyjas, Thors, Odins, and Gungirs and you have a fleet that can't be stopped. Only problem is the ungodly cost of the Rangorak. Getting 2 costs 50000 credits, 5000 metal, and 4200 credits, as well as 800 fleet supply. Who needs a network of Ancient space gates when you can demolish an netire empire with a single fleet?

This is using Dolnyck's SG Races mod by the way.

actually advent is known for having the best defense structures, epecially in entrenchment

it seems that advent are better, due to OP units, but their crappy eco and my lack of playtime make me dislake them, i dont have enough micro skill to fully use them with their full battle potential and so their eco don't allow me to compensate casualties with production as easely s with other races.

so actually i found vasari more powerful just because their eco being better than advent i can spend more time microing battles than my empire and with their ships necessiting the biggest amount of micro of the 3 races i have more results with vasari than advent

BUT , as i said my average playtime isn't really high so i favour TEC, their  eco can compensate most of my micro lackness ( who said noob friendly race? ) and i thnik they are the weakest SO i favour them

since starcraft i favour the "weakest" race in any startegy game i play, just because... they are weaker

winning with the weakest means you are just better not you are using the winning stuff ( and sometimes that you are harder, mentally stronger and officially the most bad ass player to play against ===> don't know how to translate my own language here to illustrate what i think, " le plus fourbe" )

but to join the game background/ scenarii , TEC will win the 3 races struggle, in any case. Just because their core worlds are still untouched and start full warfare industry mobilization ( soz dont sure about this word)

What can do a one world start galactic empire like advent against  thousand worlds like TEC dominion ? what can do billions of psy enhaced workers against billions of billions  of workers ?

watch WW2, for every tank or plane germans produced (strongest or not) allies produced 10, you can be better one time or another you start running out of ammo or luck ...

and vasari you will say ? a fleeing race ? peoples with just their shoes, a bag and a gun ? peoples mostly relying on slave labour ?

slaves don't make great workers... a big pile of stones ( pyramid's and yes i know it wasn't only slaves ) is one thing a nano-technology madnes like a starship ? wow would you really put your life in the hands of an angry bunch of surrended ennemies ? O___O

no really TEC just should have win. But as some peoles said the biggest change will be the 4th race, vasari nemesis ...

we gonna see

My fav. is Tec i think. I like the econ boom and cheap ships.

The vasaari are nice too cuz of the space eggs and early tech, but something weird with my version of the game or something, cuz i researched returning armada and i had to pay 2500 creds plus metal and crystal to activate it, and it only gave me a Hc, 2 lf, and a lrm

advent are cool but i don't play them much cuz of they're bad econ imo and their early civil tech

Advent are a hot knife.

Everything else is butter.