that's weird. because i usually see lots of TEC.

in fact, the poll on the sins site indicated that a majority of people play TEC

This is not true. I am fien with TEC. Very easy to go military or trade, and swithcign from one to the other is a breeze also.  TEC are very good, and their starbase is strategically superior.

What I like about the Advent civvy tree is that, unlike the other races, you can have everything of importance with three labs.  You have trade, culture bonuses, sufficient extraction boosts, and most of your other useful upgrades.  Vasari need four labs to touch trade, and 6 or 7 before they get anything really dangerous.  TEC needs 4 labs to get culture bonuses and even more if they want their more powerful upgrades.  An Advent can realistically play a relatively long game with only 3 civilian labs.  

Well, I don't know about new Entrenchment techs, but Allure of the Unity requires 8 labs and lots of resources.  That's not something you rush to bring out, especially when there isn't that much to grab along the way.

tec weak?

lol

Honestly, I think TEC is the best race.  However, I still play Vasari because of the early econ boost and the fact that I almost cry when I see a teammate pass up neutrals.  If I knew another teammate could grab those neutrals like I can, I would be TEC 100% of the time.

Personally, I prefer Vasari. I haven't played online yet, but against AI they suit my play style the best. Each race is fairly balanced, what you have to look at is their unique options. Vasari win me over with Phase Stabalizers, awesome firepower, great mobility, and of course, the mighty Space Egg.

I play as TEC and their very strong mid late game. The reason is simple they use their support cruisers. If it weren'T for the support crusers TEC fleets would fall apart. ME when i get 30 hoshikos and 20 cielos with 5-6 military labs i havent seen anyone being able to stant up to my fleet. The best someone ever did "outside from people ont eh gold list" was kill 10 of my ships while I wiped out their entire fleet.

However i reap the day that advent and vasary players will grow smart and start using their own support cruisers agresively. Currently when advent gets 3 military labs they research illums with are a force additionner insteand of going for the gardians with are a force multiplier. Poud for poud for all races you get more bang back for you buck getting the support ships then getting combat ships. Same can be said for tier 5 support cruisers. Istead of gettign those people more us to the heavy cruisers. How many heavy cruiser rushes had my 20 kobalts and 30 hoshikos wiped out? LOTS they dont stand up to the test all. HE had more RAW dps but my force mitiplier ships made me have the huge advantage in the end.

As blair said in the interveiw with "Gamers with Jobs": "SINS isn't about uber units, it's about the sinergy between them."

I'm an Advent player.  You should see how I use Gaurdians and Subjugators in the mid+ game. If upgraded enough I will hold my head up high and say " Bring on the Hoshikos".  However the Hoshiko in my opinion pwns any support ship when massively built for a fleet.....unless you could build 50 capital ships for support haha.

If you don't use the adventage of shields and support ships that advent have you might as well quit them and try a different race.

Lol siddy in oen fight we had my silly fleet was holding yours at bay with smaller then you were getting. and you also has 6 caps vs my 2 caps. You talk tought but so far the 2 games i has with you don't live up to your talk. But you are indeed strogn and very skilled. Just not as much as you make it out to be in my opinion.

Nope You can take 20 cobalts and 30 hoshikos VS 20 cobalts 10 kodics and 10 hoshikos. The 30 hoshiko fleet will win easyly. Suport cruisers are a farce MILTIPLIER, were as combat ships are a force ADDITIONNER.

I dont know what you are babbling ona bout guys but pure hoshiko force won't do anything.  The targeting AI for demolition bots is nto so advence so at best you will cover 50% of the enemy units with them.  The remaining 50% will do about 5x dps of all your hoshikos combined.

LoL,  I disagree.  I would like you to prove to me using actualy factual data from the game that a Gaurdian will Multiply the damage I do to someone in the game with one Illumi vs where 2 Illumi just stack the damage.