There have been a few threads about diversifying racial gameplay, I think a good way to handle that would be providing every race with either a starting or very early tech Battle Action. Something that would encourage specific ship designs and cost dust:

• enhanced kinetic accuracy for the Horatio(to allow them to be more effective at longer ranges)
• Beam damage reflect for Sophons
• massive +% armor for United Empire(that costs a similarly massive amount of dust)
• self cannibalize, fleet damage in exchange for firepower for Cravers
• etc...
  
  

I think further brainstorming could come up with better options but its a start.

Additional ideas:

• +(5?)% absorb/intercept per ship present to all ships in fleet for Horatio
• gain dust per CP destroyed in combat this round for Sowers
• counter battle action of enemy, -% friendly damage for Amoeba
• extra +5% damage(hissho affinity) stack if you win combat this round for Hissho
  
  

A battle card for each race would be a good idea and make them fight noticeably different from each other. Just have to be careful with the balance.

I like this concept a lot.



I myself am not sure what to have the cards do. Balance is important. But at the same time I don't want them to be bland, or so weak as to not be worth using.

werewolf_nr wrote:
A battle card for each race would be a good idea and make them fight noticeably different from each other. Just have to be careful with the balance.

That is I guess part of the point, it would be another thing to balance the races on that has a direct effect on player actions. Currently most of the racial modifiers are oriented around changing how players get resources and not how they use those resources.

I like this overall idea. I can get behind it.

Kareal wrote:
self cannibalize, fleet damage in exchange for firepower for Cravers

Personally, I'd call it "Ouroborus". Same concept, fancier name.

I suggested the other day on a different thread that it would be cool if the Hissho had the ability to ram enemy ships in space battles.