Rank the races

[ZoSo]

How would you rank the stock races? Do you think they're different enough from one another?

Thanks in advance.

[Bigfish]

Let's see....

Top Tier:
Klackon
Meklar
Elerian
Terran
Gnolam

Mid Tier:
Sakkra
Alkari
Silicoid
Psilon
Bulrathi

Meh Tier:
Trilarian
Mrrshan
Human
Darlock
Marklar

[Zanteogo]

Marklar?

[seabo_76]

@Big fish

Marklar.....awesome lol Starvin Marvin!!!

I would rank slightly different as I prefer Military might and numbers over diplomacy/research. And also bear in mind this is human controlled races and NOT AI

Top Tier:
Bulrathi
Mrrshan
Terran
Elerian

Mid Tier:
Sakkra
Meklar
Alkari
Klackon
Silicoid
Gnolam

Bottom Tier:
Humans
Darlok
Trilarian
Psilon

[Exarch_Alpha]

Darlok is bad for people who don´t know how to use them. Had times where I stole 4 techs in a row... good ones, like orbital shipyard and tachyon communications...

The spy metagame is interesting change of strategy and gives way more value to techs people love to say that they are useless. When 3 spies are around doing missions I doubt the 50% XP won´t be useful. Even if that level 5 dies blowing up a starfortress... FFS imagine how much damage this guy did the whole game and how easy he made to conquer a planet.

So I wouldn´t put them at the bottom at all if people actuallly bother to adapt to their strengths.

[purdueguy]

@Seabo_76 if you like military focused race, go gnolans. I just had my fastest win ever with them on Very Hard...you'll be so rich you can just buy cruisers in the late4 part of the early game!

[Davoodinator]

Custom Race is god tier though. i always choose psilon so that there isnt another creative race and i have a tech advantage.

i laughed when i saw marklar. i thought of that south park episode where the guy there says "welcome to planet of (looks around) australia"

I haev to say as a "human" (not cpu) player, you want +prod and +credits as even with negative population growth, negative research and negative spying and negative ground and assmilation you can still be #1 if you are able to force feed production and credits and keep tax at maximum

i havent really looked at moo4s implementation of the stock races but i am guessing sakkra or klackons will ahve the advantage. possibly meklar or sillicoid as well because of lack of food /morale problems.

[Exarch_Alpha]

Silicoids have morale. What they don´t have problem with is with food and gravity.

[Bigfish]

Originally posted by Zanteogo:

Marklar?

http://southpark.cc.com/clips/151539/welcome-to-marklar
About 50 seconds in.

[seabo_76]

Originally posted by purdueguy:

@Seabo_76 if you like military focused race, go gnolans. I just had my fastest win ever with them on Very Hard...you'll be so rich you can just buy cruisers in the late4 part of the early game!

Mass Credits are good late game but the Low Grav definitely slows you down. Tend to be a fan of the Normal Grav Races as the vast majority of planets fall within that arc and, unless you plan on buying out Grav Generators for every colony, you're going to have a definite production handicap.
Still think the Bulrathi are top Tier as their marine bonuses give them a big boost and I will usually bumrush my closest neighbour, taking all of his colonies. Then able to sit back and colonize High Grav where ever I want, which are almost exclusively Abundant to Rich, and use the second race to colonize other planets

[frdnwsm]

I take the Darlok pictorial representation for my custom race, since that prevents me from being bothered by their spies in the game.

As an AI, Psilons are definitely Tier 3, as are the Mrrshans.

Seabo: I can't believe that you rate the Mrrshans top tier. What is your basis for this?

[Aurelyn Aevum]

Originally posted by frdnwsm:

I take the Darlok pictorial representation for my custom race, since that prevents me from being bothered by their spies in the game.

As an AI, Psilons are definitely Tier 3, as are the Mrrshans.

Seabo: I can't believe that you rate the Mrrshans top tier. What is your basis for this?

They have the best catnip.

[seabo_76]

@frdnwsm

Racial Traits. Bear in mind this is Human playing and not AI.
Extended Barracks and Engineering right off the top fit my playstyle.

@Aevum
Video of Top Mrrshan Diplomats ignites 'Holo Catnip Scandal'
Awesome GNN news strip lol

[frdnwsm]

>>"Racial Traits. Bear in mind this is Human playing and not AI.
Extended Barracks and Engineering right off the top fit my playstyle. "<<

Ah, I see. OK, your ranking didn't make that clear. Human player using any stock race trumps any AI race.

Just ranking stock races on their own, I'd put Psilons and Mrrshans way down on the list.

[seabo_76]

Have a soft spot for the Mrrshan but they are rather formidable at times, especially on medium sized galaxies. They are aggressive and devious in their dealings with other AI. I would probably still put them around the middle of the pack

On the other hand, the poor Psilons seem to be destinied to be the Galactic Punching Bag. If this were Orion High School they would be the poor nerds with eternal wedgies and usually stuffed in a locker somewhere...

[Exarch_Alpha]

They are late bloomers. Were in MOO2 to an extent. It´s only with artifical gravity that they become a threat - but oh boy, what a threat it is...