Endless Space (How) 2

Sophons or Lumeris

If DLC is included, which is really a must, I'd have to say Vaulters.  The ability to jump instantly from and planet to planet via corresponding portals is quite a powerful advantage.  Vaulters have a science niche' and are in close competition with the Sohpons regarding researching technologies.  Their ships are decent and good enough for more than adequate performance in battle.  Instantly colonizing is also a powerful tool that enables one to colonize very quickly.  Utilize Argosy colonization with portals and you can gobble up all the good planets in quick order.  They get free roam pretty quickly as a Vaulter specific technolgy as well.  For me Vaulters is the way to go.  I do understand there is a drawback with Argosy colonization readiness wait times but I think the benefits outweigh the negatives with this race.

horatio for 3rd....learn the awesomeness of unlimited manpower, and happyness

Sophons, I think, the most defensive faction by mean of a powerfull science abitility.

3. Better science leads to better fleets, if you can out-tech other fleets then you'll be safe (most of the time).

4. Portals - such a game changer - you can defend largr areas with just a *few* fleets that you retrofit as needed - saving a few dust and strategic resources. 

5. The Aragosy! Instant colony + golden age, give that ship some engiens and it zipps through the galaxy + it acts as a portable portal - making for some very nice suprise attacks (porting fleets behind enemy lines)

Pave wrote:
Well anyone who is able and willing to watch, duh.
Also that is "Central European" 4PM so large amount of Eastern-European (GMT/UTC+2-)folks are already at home alongside Russians and Middle-East-folks.

If you're kid coming from school - sure.

efait pour bien debuter il faut pouvoir revenir aux 1eres version avant toutes ces mises a jour et ajouts qui ont tout deséquilibré. Desormais, il s'agit juste de jouer pour faire le fanfaron pendant des heures. Comme c'est pour Twitch, ca convient très bien. Pas besoin donc de savoir rien, juste de causer beaucoup en cliquant a droite et agauche et en gougeant la map sans arret, et ca le fera...

Schedule is horrible. Europe is still at work. America is asleap or going to work. Who's gonna watch it?

Bin auch für UE

The UE is the best faction for a new player, I think. They don't have any major modifications to the basic game mechanics, and their quest lets you specialize them into the kind of gameplay you like best. A new player isn't going to be completely sure about what kind of faction they want to play or how aggressive they want to be, and the UE lets you decide that after you start playing.

Vaulters, I can't live without portals.

Hmm, which faction does not have anything faction specific, oh well, none.
Let's do UE.

I would argue either Sophons or Unfallen, as both tend to crush it in the end game. However, the UE is probably the most user friendly of all the current facts, as they allow for a balance between millitary, influence, and industry. Plus, while the Sophons have the quirky humour, the UE has a good narrative plot as well.

I'd recommend UE.

gwfwshoker wrote:

T2: Have some mechanics that can be ignored but require attention to get the most out of them. 

• Horatio (Pop-management for splicing)
• Cravers (Depletion)
• Nakalim (Relics)
• Hissho (Keii, Rituals) [not sure here, haven't played them much]

lol, are you joking?

Yeah, it can be ignored. If you want to lose.

For new players i recommend the UE and the Sophons so they can learn with them the basics they need for others like the Riftborn or Vodyani.

Sophons are easiest, imo