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Frogsquadron
7 years ago Apr 21,2017, 15:31:53 PM
Hey everyone!
Thanks for taking part in the Early Access! The release date is closing in on us at alarming speed, and while the number of days until May 19th is going down, other numbers tend to be going... up? We thought it would be interesting to give you an insight into a few select stats since Update 3 launched last month. Without further ado, Update 3 in numbers!
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However, we all know that data isn't as fun as anecdotes, so please tell us: how do you fare compared to the average player? 
Noooo, the Cravers. ):
Does this mean that the Cravers deserve a buff?
Zennock wrote:Does this mean that the Cravers deserve a buff?
We're looking into it :)
Zennock wrote:Does this mean that the Cravers deserve a buff?
Could just be that their playstyle is very tricky to do? xD
Tnecniw wrote:Zennock wrote:Does this mean that the Cravers deserve a buff?
Could just be that their playstyle is very tricky to do? xD
That's why you play Cravers as a pacifist.
With all that buyout power, it's no surprise that the UE is the most popular. I'm happy the Vodyani are a popular race on higher difficulties because I've been rocking them since day one and I was afraid they weren't getting a lot of love.
Zennock wrote:Does this mean that the Cravers deserve a buff?
This is all about popularity, not about win rate. From all my multiplayer games (my game group is casual) no one ever picked Cravers.
The concept of early game warmongers is not as apeling as building a big empire. Even when I want to play agressive I would rethar play as united empire because i love the concept of space communism.
That being said, their design is great for A.I. controled opponent. They make the game intersting since the beggining.
I love to play against cravers, but i hate play cravers.
People need to play more lumeris
Happy to be part of that 4% Craver populous. 
They never did feel that underpowered (to me anyway), especially after that small change to dictatorship reps.
To update your reason why people play Empire, its because they are broken as hell. They are popular due to their strength.
Meedoc wrote:Zennock wrote:Does this mean that the Cravers deserve a buff?
We're looking into it :)
Also don't buff them. They are fine the way they are. All they need, and other players need, is to somehow replenish their planets. Add a late-mid game system ability, like convert to science or dust, to roll back planet exploitation and they will quickly fit into the meta. Easy fix.
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Well in my opinion cravers are quite fun to play and they become really strong very fast, too. Like Chinpanze wrote their playstyle is possibly not as appealing to most players as other factions'. :)
Chinpanze wrote:Zennock wrote:Does this mean that the Cravers deserve a buff?
This is all about popularity, not about win rate. From all my multiplayer games (my game group is casual) no one ever picked Cravers.
The concept of early game warmongers is not as apeling as building a big empire. Even when I want to play agressive I would rethar play as united empire because i love the concept of space communism.
That being said, their design is great for A.I. controled opponent. They make the game intersting since the beggining.
MorallyGray wrote:To update your reason why people play Empire, its because they are broken as hell. They are popular due to their strength.
This!
The UE is also popular because it is one of the new factions as we consider the last month.
AngelicStorm wrote:With all that buyout power, it's no surprise that the UE is the most popular. I'm happy the Vodyani are a popular race on higher difficulties because I've been rocking them since day one and I was afraid they weren't getting a lot of love.
Vodyani are the 1st race I played and are still my favorite I love how unique they are :) It still think there are. I can't wait till official release as I hope that fixes some of the interaction bugs they have in regards to minor factions etc.
I also hope they will be able to pacifically convert planets as they have unique tech to make so much influence and the final religious law suits their design so much but currently with the inability to pacifically convert it seems useless to them yet they are most likely to get the final religious law which almost makes being able to generate so much influence redundant unless I am missing something that is?
I would have thought they would Enlight lesser planets to throw off the shakles of thier current rulers and become a seperate minor faction to worship the Vodyani and tribute dust science and essence to the greater good of the church.
Meedoc wrote:Zennock wrote:Does this mean that the Cravers deserve a buff?
We're looking into it :)
They are too peaceful...
Ya so far i played vodyani , united empire , and riftborn .. I really cant tell which one needs balancing cause the GOD DAMN game never reaches late game cause either my saved games wont load anymore , or it crashes ...!
But I can still make a few points on those races .. early game voyani seems to be craving both dust & influence and military wise they get a rough start, mid game they get more powerfull if you survive pirate onslaught.
united empire seems to advance very rapidly early and mid game by erecting buildings and unlocking tech, it seems their powerfull early game. The riftborn seems very slow early game, and mid-game gets somewhat better
but not enough since the time ripple ability doesn't quite make that much of an impact in my opinion , maybe tweak it a bit. But I guess people have to adapt their military by rigging their ships differently if you experience
fleet battle loses to often against pirates or other factions, unless they have better weapons or defense modules researched.
Vodyani certainly are the hardest. I want to main them but I'm struggling, so for now I'm maining Horatio.
Zennock wrote:Does this mean that the Cravers deserve a buff?
I think the main reason people don't play Cravers so much is the happiness issue, with no way to purge other species (Because of the slaver trait Cravers have), in addition to the rapid expansion Cravers demand, it's very hard to keep happiness up in the mid-game. So most people would rather just play as factions that don't have this issue.