My fav is TEC becouse of the strong eco system and if you ask me, the easiest faction to play defence/offence with. they can very fast change from defence and offance and that something i like very mutch.

I would have to side with the Advent, I always liked the lone, abused faction along with the psychic type of race that every RTS seems to have.

from a strategy point their cultural boosts and their end game super weapon are a helpful advantage that I am all too eager to use.
while the vasari do get the phase stabilizer nodes and the TEC get the novalith cannon the advent's various upgrades to their culture and the capabilities of the capital ships (even if they are really the same for all factions ships) are probably what keep me playing to bring unity to the galaxy.

also I would just like to say that i am amazed at the spread across the board, I really didn't expect it to be this even. I am impressed.

cheers

The TEC, because their us, and their fighting a losing battle.   

to white-seraph:
if you like that about the advent, perhaps you would also like the aeon if you play supcom.

haven't played all races a lot, however so far I like the TEC and vasari more than advent. vasari is nice because ship for ship they're the most durable (in my experience) and phase gates are awesome. I like the TEC visual style as well as vasari, but I don't like advent as much. Advent seem to favor a slighly more defensive game, using their culture to supplement their own attacks. Their cap ship abilities seem to lean toward benefiting their fleet and work well in conjunction with one another, encouraging you to put multiple ships in one fleet

I'm really a vasari person for their durable and strong ships, but I wish they could make the economy a bit stronger or make the skirmishers a bit weaker and cheaper, say a bit stronger and more expensive than the TEC. They really seem to have defence problems towards the beginning of the game.

I kinda disagree with the CnC comparison though. It seems to be flipped around with the TEC and Vasari. The Vasari would likely be the USA, they have strong durable ships but are expensive, the Advent are GUA, and the TEC would be chinese for their decent ships and modest cost.

For the Unity!

Advent for the win, all their capital ships are good, the Progenitor Mothership is actually pretty useful in battle and most of the frigates have decent abilities that help out.

Hi Sinners,

Definitely love the TEC, especially the Kol and the Novalith cannon.

Starbucaneer

woo hoo!, wow, i never imagined i would have this many people post on somthing that is not a mod, well, thank you all for posting and feel free to tell your friends.

To be honest, I really enjoy all three factions. Usually I can find my favorite faction in an RTS pretty quickly after dabbling with them all, but this hasn't been the case in sins. I'll probably have to roll a dice to decide which faction to concentrate my attention on as far as practicing to get better, but if I'm playing a small skirmish vs. the AI for a quick game I'm liable to just leave it on Random.

awww man. this post is dead... and i had such hopes

TEC>Advent>Vasari for me.

i like the advent for the iconus gaurdiun which is an awsome support vessel if you send them in with a sizable force of heavy cruisers and illuminaters you can take on enemy fleets twice your size. they also have thier awsome capital ships and the illuminaters eat enemy ships. another reason i like them is thier powers like malice. also lets face it advent ships just look awsome  

Advent for me, too. First, for the story reasons. After watching the opening cinematic I really wanted to like the TEC, loosing battle, attacked on two fronts and all, but... I dunno. Just something in the narrator tone when they were talking about exiling their own people whom they didn't even try to understand from the desert planet that they just wanted in their territory made me go '..meh.'

And like a few people here I also have a weakness for psi races

Aesthetically, I like their style and structure architecture better than TEC/Vasari too. And I think all is said about the ships already .

Advent, for a number of reasons:

- Shiney ships.
- Lots of Strike Groups (SC carrier rush anyone?).
- Good for static defense - especialy past 1.09.
- PrettyDarnSpiffy™ Cap abilities.
- Shiney!

I guess the real reason is that I'm too set in my ways to adapt well to new playing styles and Advent is that race that works best with the wy I do things.

I'd have to say my favorite is the TEC, simply because I love the rugged, no-nonsense look of their ships, and because the Dunov Battlecruiser is a fucking beast late game if paired with a Kol and some hoshikos.

My second favorite is Vasari because phase missile swarm is amazingly good.

I like the TEC the best because they have some good ship voices and some half desent ships. Also you can mass rape anything with 100 colbalt light frigates

Uhm... except a hundred of almost anything else.