by Forgon
For a summary, I'm still new to Eclipse, having played 1 game. Still, with the experience I got from it rised some questions. I search the topics to see if my questions would be answered but not all were, so here I go.I saw that the common idea is that human are versatile... But how are they more than the others? Yes, they are more than planta and their less powerful ships, and they have a better trade. They also more more ship with one action, which is nice, but still.
Comparing them with meca (which seems to be less powerful than human if we read the topics here) or the draco, for example, how are they more versatile than them? Meca just get more construction and boosting on their ship, lower price. Does that make them less efficient on economy? Not so much, except for the trading (which is the same for everyone else). So where human will surely get outnumbered in military in a game against meca, their economy will not shine and make them compete with them (turn the tides, as we would say). "But they get more ship to move with one action" Nice bonus, but that doesn't make them stronger. It only cost less action to move your fleet. I don't know if that's enough to compensate. Draco on the other hand just get a better economy but can still fight as well as human.
Where they don't compete in military against some, they cannot outshine Draco or planta in turtling and economy. "That is the point of being versatile: you don't outshine everyone but you can do everything". Sure but... Then what are your strategies playing them (that is, with other races in play)? Because I don't know how to make the best of them.
Also, I saw that Orion were considered one of the best race in the game (some disagree but the point of the discussion isn't that). How are they so powerful? They only get a better ship to start with and better starting plans for your ships. After turn 2 those advantages can already be outclassed. Plus they get the worst trade. How to make the best of them? How are they so magnificent?
I think that's it for now. Thank you for your answers!