The UE appears to be a Federation in game. It might be a placeholder gov. system until they implement more or the game will only have dictatorship/democracy/federation/"whatever-else-there-is-that-I-can't-remember-right-now".

vahouth wrote:

We were also correct it seems on their political ideology as well.

So they are the Industrialists of the game with an added influence bonus.

After reading the Emperor's bio I'm more inclined to believe that their regime will be a Confederation.

You mean the one where you have X reps per world rather than population-based reps?  I think I can see that.  I get more of a neo-feudal vibe from the UE than a straight-up dictatorship, so I can see it.

We have every ideology but Ecologist now among the Major Factions, and we have two factions remaining.  I suspect those two remaining factions will have either odd affinities or some kind of balanced affinity.  But I wonder who will be ecologist.  Some people speculate that we'll have Horatio.  Are they ecological?  I suppose in the sense that they'll have beautiful worlds and ridiculous numbers of people, they might be...

DrTechman42 wrote:

vahouth wrote:

DrTechman42 wrote:

We are coming closer. We have UE. We have their wonderfully looking ships. We have Vaulters in the files. Everything we need is them to become a Major faction. Not minor.

Well, it would be pretty simple to recreate Vaulters. I would just use the UE look and Sophon affinities and that would be the Vaulters/Mezari. But you know, it is not the right feeling. There would be no lore and the ships would be just a copy of the UE. Also no teleportation and fast expansion. 

Soon everything shall become clear.

There's no chance we'll be seeing 2 human (almost identical in design) major factions here. This is no MoOCtS.

Even though the next "human" major faction will be the Horatio, they are actually quite a departure from that title.

You know, everything I need is a faction of humans or robots that enjoy science and production. Also there shouldnt be curves or spheres. Dont like curves. Straight lines only. And their lore too. Vaulters were the ones that looked and played just like i wished. It is the reason why I adore them. I dont like the sace viking theme. I see scientists that ejoy mining and focus on defence. I would easily accept an alternative but Vaulters are familiar now. I have seen them rise from the very beggining. The crash-> Auriga -> Space

Don't forget, worst case scenario, you can always just build a custom faction like the last game!

Mokinokaro wrote:

I don't like them much at all, but I suppose I should keep an open mind.   The UE were a bit dull in ES1 as well but this revamp looks great. 

Horatio could get similar treatment and a decadent society that relies on minors to do the heavy lifting would be an AMAZING setup for them.

So you are telling me we could play as the brave new world humanity ? yes pls soma for everyone!!!. 

We were also correct it seems on their political ideology as well.

So they are the Industrialists of the game with an added influence bonus.

After reading the Emperor's bio I'm more inclined to believe that their regime will be a Confederation.

Mokinokaro wrote:

OP, you might want to add the Unfallen to the major factions since know about them.    There's only 2 unknowns there now.

Yeah - fair point. I'll do that now.

Also - not sure if anyone else noticed this but the Lumeris' logo has changed. Not sure if there's any significance to it. It may just be that it was too visually similar to the UE logo.

Aren't all Mezari gone now?

It's like asking Americans and Russians if the Roman Empire is still around...

Mokinokaro wrote:

So the UE is an offshoot of the Mezari like the vaulters?   I expected the opposite with the Mezari branching from them.

Does that mean we'll have a Mezari faction?   Seems unlikely as Sophons already have the science niche.

Mezari seems to be like the original human race, the Mezari of Auriga became the Vaulters and the ones of Reia became the Empire. This seems to have happened who know how many centuries ago.

Maybe there is some Mezari-ish faction with the original culture out there.

vahouth wrote:

DrTechman42 wrote:

We are coming closer. We have UE. We have their wonderfully looking ships. We have Vaulters in the files. Everything we need is them to become a Major faction. Not minor.

Well, it would be pretty simple to recreate Vaulters. I would just use the UE look and Sophon affinities and that would be the Vaulters/Mezari. But you know, it is not the right feeling. There would be no lore and the ships would be just a copy of the UE. Also no teleportation and fast expansion. 

Soon everything shall become clear.

There's no chance we'll be seeing 2 human (almost identical in design) major factions here. This is no MoOCtS.

Even though the next "human" major faction will be the Horatio, they are actually quite a departure from that title.

You know, everything I need is a faction of humans or robots that enjoy science and production. Also there shouldnt be curves or spheres. Dont like curves. Straight lines only. And their lore too. Vaulters were the ones that looked and played just like i wished. It is the reason why I adore them. I dont like the sace viking theme. I see scientists that ejoy mining and focus on defence. I would easily accept an alternative but Vaulters are familiar now. I have seen them rise from the very beggining. The crash-> Auriga -> Space

We've got Sheredyn in the game!

Lynrael wrote:

What is that next to the Sophos? A new minor race? As it dosnt look like one we already have... its to small and the headshape is all wrong to be a Lumeris

 (Thats the stream anouncement picture from the Amplitude Twitter account) 

Not sure but they appeared in this image too: https://medias.games2gether.com/forums/Steph'nie/notif-migrantarrived.jpg

They could perhaps be a minor faction, or possibly even the 'Time Lords'. Alternatively they could also just be a species someone in the art team really likes to draw. We'll just have to wait and see.

Kweel_Nakashyn wrote:

Gosh oh noes, UE major d*cks get a major faction status. Pilgrim cute little guys gets a minor faction status.

#ImInYourGameEatingAllYourCookies #AnarchyIn2017 #SizeDoesn'tMatter

This is a Grim Dark Universe.

Gosh oh noes, UE major d*cks get a major faction status. Pilgrim cute little guys gets a minor faction status.

#ImInYourGameEatingAllYourCookies #AnarchyIn2017 #SizeDoesn'tMatter

I don't like them much at all, but I suppose I should keep an open mind.   The UE were a bit dull in ES1 as well but this revamp looks great. 

Horatio could get similar treatment and a decadent society that relies on minors to do the heavy lifting would be an AMAZING setup for them.

What is that next to the Sophos? A new minor race? As it dosnt look like one we already have... its to small and the headshape is all wrong to be a Lumeris

 (Thats the stream anouncement picture from the Amplitude Twitter account) 

Mokinokaro wrote:

vahouth wrote:

Even though the next "human" major faction will be the Horatio, they are actually quite a departure from that title.

I really hope no Horatio as a major.  I just find them boring.

We don't have an expansionist race yet though so it's possible.

Horatio will be there, and my hope is that their gameplay will resemble the Cultists from EL.

BTW we do have an expansionist race, the Cravers. That they don't exactly work as intended atm, should be fixed in the near future methinks.

vahouth wrote:

Even though the next "human" major faction will be the Horatio, they are actually quite a departure from that title.

I really hope no Horatio as a major.  I just find them boring.

We don't have an expansionist race yet though so it's possible.

mixerria wrote:

GrendelHime wrote:

vahouth wrote:

Starship troopers vibes!

I know, right? That's the first thing I thought of too.

Even though I generally prefer playing non-humanoid and 'good' factions in space stategy games, I think the UE is absolutely fantastic in its design. It's nice seeing a representation of humanity that isn't the standard 'neutral/good' diplomacy-focused Starfleet-alikes you see in pretty much every other game. I'm really happy to see that Amplitude managed to capture that uniqueness this time around too, so congratulations to them!

Oh, trust me, the United Empire is a 'good' faction...

Edit: Also, starship trooper vibes are exactly the right thing they could have done. The first movie was just awesome af. 

I could not agree more. 

I'm very excited for my first game as them.