Help with faction chioce

[Gock Coblin]

I'm fairly new to this game, and there's a ton I don't know. Can someone give me a brief overview of the strengths/weaknesses of each faction? I have no clue about the differences other than the expirementals.

[Rum & raisins]

The link is to guide on factions and units from a SupCom caster https://youtu.be/c5cTaTKJ5vI?list=PL8njGw0L9GCMz1U2y73hPk3DJP7GvFCa8

Anyway ill give a very brief concept guide on each faction.

Uef- Probably one of the most conventional factions in SupCom their main focus is on health,alpha strike/initial shot damage and defensiveness.

Cybran- The core philosophy of the cybran faction is aggression and versatility. They specialize in fast movment,high fire rate,stealth and aoe weapons.

Aeon- The aeons military philosophy revolves around efficiency(in mass and power) and hyper specialization. Their main strength comes from their specialization and versatility versus units of other factions. To give a example aeon t1 tanks have least amount of health than every faction but they out range every faction as well so they can kite groups of units they also can hover like many of aeons units so they can cross water and hard terrain easier.

Seraphim- Seraphim is mix of alot of thing but If I had to pick some I would specialization and well rounded. Seraphim units often have the 2nd highest hp in-game with decent rate of fire and damage along with having the best stationary shield and moblie shield in-game.

Hope this helps OP!

[ZaidusRecon]

What Rum & raisins said.
Perfect descirption for Aeon - and precisely why it's my favourite faction.
However, I advise that you develop as little perception of factions as possible before experiencing each of their play styles for yourself. I made sure to understand the specific strengths and weaknesses of each and every unit in the game -from both the perspective of fighting with and fighting against- before I settled upon a preferred faction. In my opinion, this is the best way to find a faction that both holds your stylistic/narrative/philosophical infatuation and enhances your personal style of strategic play.
Playing each campaign is a good way to discover the style of each faction. But finding your strategic mold will require hours of experimental (not just the T4 sense) gameplay.

[Starbug]

I'd start with UEF. Friend swears by Aeon, but I'm not a fan.

[Gock Coblin]

Thanks for all the help, I think I'm pretty good now

[bluesaka111]

UEF good for turtle - its strong with defense and long range artillery. UEF suite for players prefer to use artillery and units with high HP or players prefer defense playstyle.
Cybran good for assasinate - Quick travel speed and have stealth.
Aeon good for multi terrain attack but have the worst Shield generator in the game.

[Antineutron]

Aeon good for multi terrain attack but have the worst Shield generator in the game.

their shield generator is 2nd best. stealth field generator though...

[bluesaka111]

agree their shield is good, but the radius is little too small and players cant upgrade t2 aeon shield to t3. And I play aeon mainly I want their T3 scatter shot artillery and multi terrain rush.

[brbrbr]

weird. aeon shields genrators had bigger capacity and recharging rate, only smaller coverage.
and their long-range arty was better for.
as for UEF benefits - perhaps Mavor may be interesting option if you insisted on turtling.
as for cybrans - combined forces with scathis within and solid power-grid - tend to out-gun outher factions long before they get t3 arty, usually(atleast on medium-to-small maps).

[im locked out]

Even though I don't think seraphim are the best faction, they have some unique aspects. That have strong ass t1 mobile arty, the best support commanders, potentially the strongest commander, best t3 naval unit with their subs, and a t2 assault bot that can do work past the t2 stage.

[brbrbr]

Originally posted by Boulders:

Even though I don't think seraphim are the best faction, they have some unique aspects. That have strong ass t1 mobile arty, the best support commanders, potentially the strongest commander, best t3 naval unit with their subs, and a t2 assault bot that can do work past the t2 stage.

well, some may like their T4 bomber or nuke silo, also.

[Rum & raisins]

Originally posted by Boulders:

Even though I don't think seraphim are the best faction, they have some unique aspects. That have strong ass t1 mobile arty, the best support commanders, potentially the strongest commander, best t3 naval unit with their subs, and a t2 assault bot that can do work past the t2 stage.

I would aruge that serp navy is average with a few unique aspects such as their t1 frigs having very high fire rate t1 subs have trop defs and t2 cruiser having flak and t2 destroyer can submerge and act like a sub along with battleship having a nuke laucher.

But the t3 sub are not really that good unless you have a large swarm of them. If you have somone actively making units that counter them like uef and cybran like the mermaid or a mix of coopers and shield boats can make short work of them.

On that I would say serp navy require more micro and attention to unit compsition like uef navy.Everything else I agree with you on.

[Deadpooleon]

Seraphim...
Experimental
Nukes.

[Tornad]

UEF-Best navy in the game, strong defensive abilities, lacks a good offense, unless you can build the mavor.
Cybran-Pretty much everything about cybran is overpowered exept their tech two point defense is very weak.
Aeon-Over all good faction but its tactical missle defense sucks badly and it takes forever to build the experimentals.
Seriphim-Vulnerable to artillery...and nothing else.

[Armored Baron]

UEF for life, Fatboy ftw.

[bluesaka111]

I prefer Mavor and Atlantis than Fatboy