What is your favortie faction?

[Father Time]

As the topic name said, what's your favorite faction? (If this has already been discussed before, sorry.)

If I had to choose, I'd say... the Peacekeepers.

 

[dreadhead7]

It's a toss-up between Morgan and The University. I usually play Morgan because I like the extra energy. I combine that with a couple of good energy-producing landmarks and tiles, and Morgan can get tech advances and cash at a pretty good rate. I play a Green style Morgan, so I don't mess up the ecology too bad.

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[Håkon]

Easy. It's in my sig

Though I like to play Lady Deirdre too.

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Academician Provost Zakharov - "For I Have Tasted the Fruit"

 

[kundor]

THE HIVE!!!! For no real reason, seeing as they have terrible economy, research, and unhappiness problems, I just like their Borginess, and if they start on a large continent and are played right the hive is unstoppable. Their high growth and production is great.

 

[Schizophreniac]

I prefer to play the Univ.

They have an advantage in research and research is the key to victory.

I usually win by transcendence so Univ is the most effective

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U can't beat US
If We win We win
If We fall We had the fun fighting
and if We run we can always come back another day.
Warhammer 40k poetry

Only the Mad can pass the gates to trancendence

 

[TrailblazingScot]

Gotto be the PeaceKeepers...I love enforcing the peace with my U.N troopers

Their lack of a major disadvantage is also appreciated greatly...and the extra talent allows be to expand without too much infrastructure.

 

[Sukenis]

I am the nutball who likes the Believers. Oddly enough I am not an agressive player either

That +25% attack rating can kill though.

 

[bvd]

Started a game atop Mt. Planet - on a small map, with every other faction excluding the Gaians and Morganites (as "Transcend", with "Aggressive Rivalry" activated). I was the Believers, and with a single scout patrol I was able to eliminate the Hive. I proceeded to build two recon rovers, and with them conquered all University and Peacekeeper territory. Alas, I needed a pact with Col. Santiago to move my units through; so I betrayed her, and walked right into Sparta Command.

The mountain provided good energy with solar collectors - enough for me to buy the Command Nexus and Maritime Ctrl. Center early on. I "sank" all Gaian isles of the deep with missile cruisers, and landed four elite "X" (nerve gas) missile marines right into Gaia's Landing (defended by synthmetal garrisons). Fortunately for me, the Gaians had already killed Morgan, so I won at the end of the 23rd century.

That +25% bonus really "kills".

 

[spycatcher34]

One word BELIVERS


the spy has spoken

 

[hauchdeslebens]

The Univs, of course. Like in Civ I prefer to walk the path of superior science and city sprawling. And the univs have proven to be the best for that strategy. Chosing another strategy is possible, but why?

BTW I love planet busters. I hope there is something similar in Civ3, because when you are fed up with an enemy it is quite a nice satisfaction to eliminate him from the planet. Hehehe

 

[Cunobelin Of Hippo]

Morgan. It can be rough going in the beginning, because Free Market lets the mindworms kick your @$$, but once I've got my sensors up, my energy banks in place, and my vast forests abound it's over. Those welfare armies of the Hive show up? I buy the whole thing and shove it in Yang's face. Towards the end of the game Morgan can buy each and every new Secrect Project without suffering any significant hit in the pocketbook. The extra energy also lets you dominate the science race.

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[Lefty Scaevola]

The Cyborgs for me in smax.

Gaians or University in smac.

 

[Lord Owen]

For SMAC, the Gaians and their worm hordes.

From all 14, my favourite are the Manifold Caretakers. All bonuses, no penalties, no Social Engineering restrictions, and having the Progenitor Victory I don't need to Trascend. I also like the story and philosophy behind the faction.

 

[Supreme Civ Commander]

The Spartans. Yes I like being the regengade that everyone else tries to gather support to fight then I crush them all!! I try to get a lot bigger then crush them. Very fun to have the "U.N. of foes" try to come after you then squash em in an epic battle. I use developmental conquest to win most of the time.

 

[thealien_83]

Tough question really seeing as how I deep inside like all the factions and their personalities. From a gamer perspective of course, I couldn't really abide any of those philosophies fully IRL. <img src="tongue.gif" border="0">

I would have to say that Morgan most likely is the one who sees the LEAST play from my side of the fence. I really can't abide the early hab-complex demands, they always annoy me so severily even *IF* I can often buy them. And aside, if you use Free Market ( and who does not when playing Morgan? ) the policiar issue arises, as drones abound, especially if one uses Missiles and Aircraft for the occasional offensive.

<br /> * ponders * Otherwise I really don't know. I like 'em all! <img src="smile.gif" border="0"> Perhaps Deirdre a little less, but only a very little.

Could be because I enjoy messing up Planet's ecology as much as I do. Thermal Boreholes for everyone..! <img src="graemlins/jesus.gif" border="0" alt="[Jesus]" />

 

[Sukenis]

Morganites should not use free market!!!. If you go Wealth, you get the +1 energy per square. If you are playin gon higher levels of difficulty, the bobus to trade is not much of anything. If you are morgan, for democracy, green, and wealth to be a bad mother. You economey will do better becasue of the +4 effeicency.

 

[Sid]

It's still a great question, isn't it? I like to play across the board: philosophically, I'm aligned to Gaians/Caretakers/Peacekeepers. Every-so-often, I like to play the bad guy and try out the nuke effects and commit some atrocities. It's a tribute to the game that I always feel bad when I do, so I return to the favourites listed above.

Pirates are great fun when I want a long game with a big world map and plenty of time to establish my colony.

 

[.:KNAS:.]

Manifold usurpers,
+morale
+growth
-planet

but the minus planet thin doesnt bother me that much cuz i almost always, when playing usurpers get the manifold nexus.
And i always use green economics

 

[dreadhead7]

Sukenis, you are absolutely right about how to play Morgan. I do Green/Democracy/Wealth, or if I'm already filthy rich, Green/Democracy/Knowlege. I actually created a faction that combines the best of Morgan, the University, the Gaians, and the Spartans. They struggle at first, but by midgame, they're unstoppable, but the computer doesn't know how to play them very well.

 

[Gameguru]

Morgan baby! He can do it all. Want to rack up the energy you can. You want to go to war do it. If you want to go and play the tech game you can.

Remember that MONEY MAKES THE WORLD GO ROUND!

BTW Dem/Green/Wealth is the way to go.