Faction mod for replacing the empire

[Jackfrost]

I'm not a fan of the empire added by the royalty dlc. I find the nobility system and quests a bit annoying so I want to remove the faction entirely. But I'd like a high tech faction in my game so I've been browsing the mods.

Currently I'm looking at the rimsenal mods. There are three faction mods and the weapon / xenotpye mods look pretty interesting as well.

Does anyone have experience with the rimsenal mods and can tell me if they are fun / balanced? Or are the new factions so op they are going to kick my ass?

There is also the obsidia expansion but I think that one adds a bit too much for my taste and from what I've read that faction uses the royalty systems as well.

Or do you have any other suggestions mabye?

Thanks in advance.

[MadArtillery]

My only experience with the rimsenal factions is the Feral one that added so many bloody dudes holding nukes popping up everywhere I uninstalled it immediatly. Caravan from another faction visits? Oh the map exploded because they used a nuke on a hunting animal. Wonderful *sarcasm* Rimsenal has a lot of good mods and many are staples in all my runs but their factions aren't on that list.

What are you looking for in particular for a high tech faction though? High tech raids Rim-Elves does a better job then the empire imo. Squads in full Excellent quality gear, power armour, ultratech and high tech weapons. They do mix in often naked tribal level chaff with the more normal equipment ranges to screen for their elite infantry. It's like fighting player pawns with chaff support. Very interesting. Dunno what they actually sell as half the reason I run the mod is the raids, very interesting genes too of course but the factions and raids are great.

[Jackfrost]

Originally posted by MadArtillery:

My only experience with the rimsenal factions is the Feral one that added so many bloody dudes holding nukes popping up everywhere I uninstalled it immediatly. Caravan from another faction visits? Oh the map exploded because they used a nuke on a hunting animal. Wonderful *sarcasm* Rimsenal has a lot of good mods and many are staples in all my runs but their factions aren't on that list.

What are you looking for in particular for a high tech faction though? High tech raids Rim-Elves does a better job then the empire imo. Squads in full Excellent quality gear, power armour, ultratech and high tech weapons. They do mix in naked tribal level chaff with the more normal equipment ranges to screen for their elite infantry. It's like fighting player pawns with chaff support. Very interesting. Dunno what they actually sell as half the reason I run the mod is the raids, very interesting genes too of course but the factions and raids are great.

Ouch. Yeah, that sounds like exactly the stuff I would like to avoid. I might just stick to the rimsenal weapon / xenotype mods then.

To answer your qeustion: yes, I'm mostly looking for a faction that can provide challanging (but somewhat "fair") raids towards the endgame. If that mod includes new weapons / armor / xenotypes, all the better.

Interesting, I actually added Rim-Elves to my modlist already. Didn't know they actually added that much of a challenge. Good to know and thanks for the reply.