Nope the vassari win.  The reason for that is we can seige your planet and take its loot at the same time

TEC can do that if you have a Sova with Embargo handy

But does that graphic make it look like the ship is vacuming the planet?  Is there a mod that changes the ships to look like something from space balls?

not to my knoweldge, but I dont really care what it looks like

If you want the awesome graphics for drain planet play with dolynick's sg races mod as the Asgard, build the Ragnarok colossus and give it the consume planet ability

THAT is cool

advent

TEC= Economists who took it too far

Advent= Zealots who are going about their cause all wrong "All who wont join the unity must DIE!" can anyone say cult

Vasari= Best, cuz our only agenda is to survive if your in the way we push you around and keep going. they are like... pirates.

THE UNITY WILL CONQUER ALL!

No, seriously, the advent rock. Their cap ships are more effective, as well as more supportive for their lesser ships. The TEC are too plain and the Vasasi are too, well their just too not feeling right for me.

And if you need to know why else I like them see the picture.

Advent.

I like all three races however if I had to choose one I would say the Advent.

I really like the idea of all their ships and technology synergizing together making the whole stronger then the parts, even if this isn't always the way it works I love the concept a lot.  Much of their game play is in keeping with my play style and I love the look of Avent Technology (even if their outfits could use a little work).  I only wish Culture did more in the game as that is a major Advent mechanic which I feel is under developed.

Varsari are the strongest and most powefully direct military. As well as there ability to get there armie any where they need them almost aways when they need them wich is key in and war

TEC, purely for flavor reasons.

Between the Novalith and Safety Override, they have the two biggest explosions in the game.

The old Cobalt voices were amazing (in the amusing way), on par with the over-the-top angry Vasari Kortul voice.  They've since been dumbed down to more passive versions, for you schmucks who only recently started playing the game.

edit: In fact, I still have copies of the old files, and currently have them replacing the newer files in the game assets folder.

Altaux is an expert on cults.  Anyone remember the Smiley Society???

On a side note, his little quote here made me remember something about stargate, oddly enough.

The Advent, and the Ori, are almost exactly the same thing.  Both an army of religious Zealots, with superior technology.  Just, the Ori actually have gods guiding them, where there is no evidence of this in the case of the Advent.

-Twilight Storm.

Oh, and TEC FTW!!!

Nah, the Advent are more like the logical extreme of Communism, unlike the hardcore theocracy of the Ori. The only real similarity between them is that they have the 'Join or Die!' motto as their main theme, though I suppose the splitting from the same race could apply as well.

I like the Advent simply because of their ships and building design. So elegance and beautiful, yet still possess a considerable power. TEC design is so bulky for me, and Vasari design looks more hostile than the refined Advent(fit with their description). oh and anima FTW! my computer almost crash when I have over 125 squadrons in a same grav well.

I find TEC's end game easiest to get to.

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Advent have rediculous fleet synegeries, and thier ships can tank the most damage and deal the most damage of the races.  Therefore they are the best.

The tec has a very nice economy, and, planets being equal, get 1 extra tradeport (or whatever) per planet, not to mention 20% of all enemy income in the late game, throw in their unparralleled ship building ablity, with their massive economy, they are the best.

The vasari have some of the best support frigs in the game.  They can heal rediculous ammounts of hitpoints almost instantly, and can knock out entire fleets for extended periods of time. Their ablity to jump from anywhere to anywhere within in their empire (ANYWHERE late game) means that no world is safe, and no flank is unprotected. Therefore they are the best.

"...they are lost to us!"

Has no one wondered why the Advent were outcast in the first place?  It's obvious to even the most casual observer.  They were the Sex Traders!  They developed the demand for sex as a powerful commodity and withheld it when necessary to escalate their positions of power.  Even their ships embody thematically sexual overtones.  Look at the Progenator!  And how about some of their abilities - Malice!, and the Guardians Repulse!?  If these aren't women-lib I don't know what is.  I mean, listen to their voices.  Ever heard the Crusader tramps?  These bitches are stone cold brothel babes bent on turning out the whole galaxy!  Wait till you hear the Subjugators, it's just plain creepy how much they sound like a madam in a red light district.

This is why Advent are the scariest to me.  You have to watch your back the whole time with those biatches!

well i like TEC and Advent,

mainly cause i like the look of them and their tech,

VISARI,

well their ships look pretty good, i like the look of the phase missiles, but i really dont like the look of their wave weapons, they might be good, im not too sure, but i just really do not like the look of them thats why i dont play vasari very much.

what i like about TEC

the very strong economy you can get, beats advent hands down especially as advent dont get refineries,

TEC also are very good early game, they are a very cool race, kinda remind me of the imperium from 40k, thats why im inspired to play as them

what i like about ADVENT

they got great tech all the way through, beam weapons FTW, lots of shield, health and armor upgrades, they get the best culture spreading, plasma weapons and the laser weapons are awesome, advent are very good late game, argually the best race late game,

although their economy is nothing compared to TEC which sucks when your waiting for ages to get some more crystal and stuff.

they are very powerful, kinda remind me of tau and eldar from 40k,

all in all, i ant decide which i like better, ADVENT or TEC,

probably TEC at the moment for their great economy

And if you wanna talk starbases, that nice little distortion the Advent's have makes an entire fleet useless if they're dumb enough to go after it, in most cases is a must if they're trying to take a planet protected by it lol. just mass some beam platforms with synergy and a hanger with shield restore nearby and you've got a hard to kill, and hard to hit very large stationary object(what's that say for your gunners xD). Only real counter to that is strikecraft, unless there's a large enough number of fighters to counter you. and if there's homing mines around it, just move on to the next planet and use superweapons 'cause that planet aint changin sides for nobody lol

Ok ,im a noob havent even played online yet becouse of needed updates, but i always play Tec   mabye once or twice advent and saw nothing of being able to capture enemy ships whith fighter aircraft ,when do you get that? Also Darth-plaigus the only way that i keep planet as Tec is move my fleet their, the Tecs defenses except the planet shield is useless but does have good economics.They also have cheap ships and are easy to max out on their fleet supply.

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Get the optimizeation mod, a 300 squadron fight around the central sun of Systems of war is just plain scary (4 starbases full anima upgrades = 80/16 carrier caps"yes, I went there damnit" and fill in the rest with carriers till your supplies run dry xD, although I had a few of them on mine deployment, shiny floating things go boom >=3)   anyway yeah lol it's nuts what you can do with enough strike craft, like completeyly shutting down access to a system xD

Mathematically speaking, you will research an INDIVIDUAL technology 25% faster...but, in a given time period you will research 33% more technology, so you are both right

Advantages of Factions:

Advent - Most powerful fleet, most powerful defenses...their powerful culture means they are the only faction that can neutralize a planet without a single shot (save maybe a deliverance engine)

Vasari - Highly mobile, can attack/defend anywhere on the map with one phase jump (two at most)...their mobility allows them to bypass any defenses and avoid any fleet...

TEC - Superior Industry, best economy...they can build ships faster than anyone else, and can change their tactics easier than anyone else...

And the moral of the story is...the Best faction is entirely dependent on WHO you are fighting...

If you are fighting against Advent, Vasari are the best...you can avoid their superior fleet and defenses, and cripple their economy...then its a matter of widdling their fleet down...

If you are fighting against Vasari, TEC are the best...their superior industry allows them to throw units at the Vasari, preventing the Vasari from going on the offensive...eventually you will overwhelm them...

If you are fighting against TEC, Advent are the best...their defenses will stop a TEC fleet dead in its tracks...meanwhile, the Advent can either attack with their invincible fleet or sit back and culture bomb the TEC, who won't be able to do anything about it....

Lets just all agree the best race is usually the last one standing ;p

I concur