whats the best race?

[Synthetic Saint]

Which race is the best to have and why?

[El Rushbo]

If I could directly control it I'd say 1 slug, 3 zoltan, 2 engi and 2 mantis. Slug would be the pilot, zoltan would man stations, engi for repairs (Obviously), and mantis for boarding/defense (also obvious) If I'm using a boarding strategy obviously I'd prefer mantis, rock would be my second choice, humans my third. I've enjoyed the benefit of having a crystal crewmember once. The lockdown makes them very useful for boarding as you can isolate people from the medbay. If your sensors are knocked out 1 slug can be useful for planning boarding.

[David]

I'm surprised Slugs don't get a little more praise or mention. Slug pilots are very reliable now, since they're immune to Mind Control. I have a Slug pilot and another Slug on Weapons and it's great to know that in all likelihood nothing will distract them unless they get visited by a Boarding Drone.

Humans aren't the only race with no downsides, Slugs have none too- and slugsight is really good in nebulae, another thing that got boosted in AE. Now, not only can you tell which race is where on the ship, but also what they're doing- it's great knowing, even without sensors, that one of my shots set the enemy's ship on fire. Impossible to tell without slugsight in nebulae.

[dwreanchinotan]

Rockmen are the best race in the game.

2nd(3rd if you count crystal) best boarder in the game, unless you can start a fire, then THE best boarder in the game.
also, a level one teleporter can bring rockmen out alive if you drop them on an automated ship, making them much more useful in the early game with an early teleporter.

2nd best repairman. slow to respond, but is immune to fire and as mentioned above, asphyxiation isnt much to worry about as long as they dont have to walk the whole damn ship suffocating.

3rd best system operator, second-to-BEST if it is a sub system like piloting or sensors. above aspects of repair make them useful if the system catches fire or is breached, all the while not likely to have taken much damage from it. also, if you get boarded by anything less then two mantis, a rockman will still beat whoever was attacking him first to death if you can get someone in to tie up the second boarder.

also, they have a BUTT load of blue events, second or most in the game. it can net you a big advantage if you like answering distress calls.

(also, you are lucky to get one crystal crew member)

with so much flexibility, they may not be THE BEST at one thing, but they can beat out any of their betters anywhere else.

[Psykechan]

Slugs are awesome in AE. However, the biggest problem that they have is that their immunity to mind control just means that your non-slugs get targeted. This is of course a moot point as your crew should be exclusively slugs. :P

Seriously though, if you are fortunate enough to get a slug, make them pilot. Enjoy slugsight and take a nice long nebula trip.

Escrito originalmente por dwreanchinotan:

Rockmen are the best race in the game.

I hate rockmen. They are far and away my least favorite race in the game. They are just too damn slow. I'd say that they only have two advantages. They are common, which means that you will get them relatively easily, and they are immune to fire which only means that you can have fun with fire bombs. Their fire immunity does not make them good for anything else. Lanius and Engi can put out fires much faster, usually they will already be doused by the time the slow rocks finally show up.

So if you are a pyromaniac, then rocks make awesome boarders. Otherwise, they are only good for people who have problems keeping their eyes on health bars. I'd rather have a slug or human boarder rather than a rock. Blue options be damned, they are the first to be dismissed when I get better crew.

So my list of races from best to worst is this:

• 1. speed bugs - Best fighters, great for playing "tag" with enemy crew, and fairly common. They suck at repairs though, but they are the first to arrive on the scene and make it look like they are working.
  
• 2. repair bots - All around good complement for the bugs. They are common and are the best at fixing stuff. While they suck at defeating enemy crew, they can take a punch just as well as most others.
  
• 3. slugs - Immune to mind control and have awesome slugsight with no real deficiencies. They are less common than most races but much more easily obtained than the rares.
  
• 4. metal birds - They don't need oxygen which makes them perfect for firefighting or asphyxiation defending. They are decent boarders on their own but even better if you like breach-boarding. They are pretty rare though so don't expect to have them all of the time... or some of the time...
  
• 5. ice dudes - Second best boarders due to freezing the room and then murdering the occupants. Have extremely low chance of letting you go to warp zone. Would be much higher if they weren't the rarest of the rare.
  
• 6. batteries - OK if you need more power, which is always. They aren't that uncommon but they are the most expensive to buy and they have the lowest health which makes them vulnerable. With the AE patch they now explode when overcharged, short circuited, or put in backwards which means that if you have a cloner you can have some mildly entertaining, but not really that useful, fireworks shows.
  
• 7. bland guys - More boring than any other race, at least they are common enough to staff rooms until you can get something more interesting. If you must use them, I suggest renaming one to Bella and pretending that every event now has a blue option called "Stare blankly." that then allows you to select another option.
  
• 8. statues - Seriously, just don't. The only fun you can have with these is if the leprechaun tells you to burn things.

[Akkarin]

these because boarding is the most effective way to get scrap and other stuff

[Smashing]

Escrito originalmente por Sir Pootis TLB:

:ftlmantis::ftlmantis::ftlmantis: these because boarding is the most effective way to get scrap and other stuff

Lanius make better boarders. Stick 2 of them in the o2 generation room and once that's destroyed, they can just sit there and wait. If you use a breach weapon on the o2 room they have to repair that before repairing the system. Lanius can make that room have no oxygen and whoever goes in first will have to leave as their health will have decreased too much. By then your Lanius can be cloned and teleported back in again. If you want you can then sit back and let the crew suffocate.

[Moon]

Slug life!
Immune to mind control, and totally cool.

[MsOblivious]

So far in my playthroughs, I've found that I like the Engi best as the main force of my crew. The problem with this is, because the Engi are so physically weak, my usual weakness is telport attacks. I had a single intuder drone wipe out almost my entire crew because they weren't strong enough to get rid of it before it destroyed my oxygen supply.

[Gertjan]

i prefer a rockman pilot, an engi on the other 3 'main' systems, 2 or 4 mantis (depending on my teleporter size) and roaming engi for whateve slot i got left (or a repair drone, in which case i dont care for the rest)

[MakotoIsBestGirl169169]

Y'ALL NOTH'N BUT RACE TRAIDERS! HUMAN POWER! HUMAN POWER!

[ShenanAgain]

Escrito originalmente por Stupidname1313:

Y'ALL NOTH'N BUT RACE TRAIDERS!

I say, I'm more in the field of wanton destruction than I am in slavery.

[Tealtyr]

Escrito originalmente por ShenanAgain:

Escrito originalmente por Stupidname1313:

Y'ALL NOTH'N BUT RACE TRAIDERS!

I say, I'm more in the field of wanton destruction than I am in slavery.

I prefer to be alone, others are annoying.
Just me, Winston, Wesley, and Omega whenever he wakes up to kill things.

[Bellomy]

Escrito originalmente por spaghetti-sensei:

Crystal because lockdown is ridilcious.

Totally. That, their 125 health, and their oxygen deprivation powers more than make up for their slight speed disadvantage. They are unbelievably powerful, and I'd say a better boarding race than mantis.

[Bellomy]

...That said, the best deal is mantis, because they're relatively cheap and boarding is incredibly powerful.

From best to worst:

1) Crystal

2) Mantis

3) Rockmen

4) Lanius (You can see I like boarders - would be higher but I find their special ability a bit tricky to handle)

5) Zoltan

6) Engi

7) Slug

8) Human - Boooooring.

[Combat Wombat]

Lanius for me, open all doors, watch all borders die in seconds. Throw them over on a teleporter add a heal bomb and they are godly.

Crystal are great but as i haven't been able to get the crystal cruiser yet (still) i can't really comment on them outside their own ship.