TEC recharges antimatter faster in culture, Vasari gets a 15% damage bonus, and Advent gets a 6% shield mitigation bonus. These are in the culture research lines for each race. PS: shamefully i copy pasted this from someone elses post :p only just found out bout this myself. This i beleive qualifies as a racial bonus (tho only in culture)
what game you guys playing? i've been sending the pirates after my enemies for a while now.....no noticable effect, i still get attacked by the same 5 cap ship fleets from one guy, 2 cap ship fleets from another, and now the other AI is goin after me too :p Normal Difficulty btw. Anyone got an idea how i can break out of a two front war against 3 opponents? Pirates dont seem to be workin to great...their fleets are the smallest things i see.
Having more races can backfire horribly. Take Universal Combat for example....something like 12 races...but the only difference is skin textures and some variation in wehat ships they can pilot (basically 2 different 'factions'...but some races are simply to inept to fly good ships :p ) I think the main reason for only 3 (or so) races is that each race should have a niche. Something it excells at. TEC seems to be a pretty basic no nonsense race, Vasari excell at mobility with their gate
While in not certain about cataclym dev members being involved in SOASE i can say with 100% certainty that many of them seem to be involved in the making of Sword of the Stars (and its following expansion packs and upcoming game NorthStar). Needless to say any game made by the guys who made Cataclysm gets my cash. Never been disappointed yet. They seem particularly good at listening to the customers (but ignoring simplistic whines). Never ceases to amaze me where good game devs
