The-Cat-o-Nine-Tales wrote:

Well, that's all a question of the player and the environment. If you're the only Sophon in a galaxy full of Cravers...

Not to mention that great science leads to great firepower.

I'm really not surprised the Vodyani are taking the lead, though.

It's only because there is no gameplay footage of them yet, unlike the other 3 races.

Thanks, that's all I've wanted to know. See you on Twitch! (my nick-mithrill32)

The stream is still planned for 19:00 to 24:00 CEST, though it may turn out a little shorter due to some health troubles. And if you miss the stream, the VoD should be available on my twitch account afterwards, and I may go ahead an upload it to youtube.

If you have any specific questions, feel free to leave them here so I can answer them.

Can I know what time are you going to start? And will it be possible to watch it in the other way if I'll miss the stream?

Na, I hadn't specifically stated that I do yet. It is only a footnote on my twitch page at the moment. The existence of the Saturday Stream very much depends on the interest in the Thursday Stream, but so far the interest seems to be good.

There may also be a Friday Stream, but that depends on the GM of my DnD group. If there is, I will announce it here as soon as I know.

Ah, I wasn't aware you were doing a Saturday stream, I assumed this was a one-off thing. Mea culpa.

Well, the vote says "first" for a reason. But with only four to five hours, we may not get to starting a second game. That would have to wait until my Saturday Stream.

The-Cat-o-Nine-Tales wrote:

Honestly, I'm surprised the Sophon even broke the 20% mark.

As far as their affinity is concerned, the Vodyani are really the stand-out faction so far, so I expected them to win by a landslide. Even though they wouldn't be my first pick, since they can't show off the outpost/colony system.

Why not both? Unless you have specific constraints I'm sure we'd all love to see gameplay regardless of the faction. 

The two biggest features I'm looking forward to see is the diplomacy and senate systems. Curious to see how the Vodyani in particular handles the latter.

Honestly, I'm surprised the Sophon even broke the 20% mark.

As far as their affinity is concerned, the Vodyani are really the stand-out faction so far, so I expected them to win by a landslide. Even though they wouldn't be my first pick, since they can't show off the outpost/colony system.

Vodayni

Cravers

Lumeris

Sophons

Based on most to least interesting mechanics (although if you can show me something cool enough I feel this list is wrong kudos to you).

I want to see the way Vodyani play because I find that seeing a faction that isn't based on planets but on ships would be interesting. Usually when it's tried it ends poorly because either the faction is gimped too hard, or the ability to move around proves way, way too strong. Also based on the trailer they're my favorite looking ships so far.

Hi,

Voted for Voduani. Not my favourite beckground, but they seem to have the most different gameplay and are also new.

Sophon.

I like Vodyani very much, but their ship based gameplay is too unique for the first time.

The-Cat-o-Nine-Tales wrote:

Well, commentary on the gameplay, of course. I've got about 80 hours in the VIP build, so there will be:

• General gameplay commentary
• Explanation of features
• Answering any question that isn't under NDA
• And probably quite a bit of bit**ing about anything I would like to see changed or improved.

I also intend to leave some decisions up to the audience. There are, of course, features I want to show, but with smaller decisions the audience can certainly participate. (And in this case "Go to war yes/no?" is probably considered a small decision.)

Very nice...might have to create a Twitch account just to participate. 

Well, that's all a question of the player and the environment. If you're the only Sophon in a galaxy full of Cravers...

Not to mention that great science leads to great firepower.

I'm really not surprised the Vodyani are taking the lead, though.

I voted for the Vodyani because :

- having already played ES1, I know the Sophons and Cravers

- I'll play the Lumeris first, so I don't want to be spoiled

- the Vodyani look a bit like the random zealous purifiers faction, so I'm curious about what make them interesting, and they are new. Plus, their designs look cool, so it will be more pleasing to the eyes, and more watchable than a faction like the Sophons who are less likely to have many battles.

Well the Vodyani sure are popular...

I voted for Cravers, only because they would make for a fun video to watch.

Well, commentary on the gameplay, of course. I've got about 80 hours in the VIP build, so there will be:

• General gameplay commentary
• Explanation of features
• Answering any question that isn't under NDA
• And probably quite a bit of bit**ing about anything I would like to see changed or improved.

I also intend to leave some decisions up to the audience. There are, of course, features I want to show, but with smaller decisions the audience can certainly participate. (And in this case "Go to war yes/no?" is probably considered a small decision.)