Here is my summary of the race-specific techs as of 0.30.5, with my opinions added. I "want" each race to play differently, but so far there is little variation introduced by the techs.



The coordinates like "E5" mean the tech tree direction (north, south, east, west) and the tier number.



Sophons



Wave Function Control (E5, improved)

Research buff building (stronger)



Adoptive Society (E6, unique)

Research buff building



Dark Matter Shielding (E4, moved 2 tiers sooner, was inorganic biology)

Ship repair module, 33% cheaper



Self-organizing Data (W4, unique)

Defense buff on allied territories

Sensor radius, region radius buff building



Imaginary Game Theory (W8, was Futuristic Game Theory)

Sensor radius, region radius buff building (original is only region)



My opinion: more research buff buildings; sensor range increase. Neither of these add anything interesting to gameplay. Needs something different. Perhaps telepathy, which would increase the rate at which conquered populations lose their unhappiness?



Cravers



Accelerated Yields (W4, was Planetary Landscaping)

Food exploitation (same)

Food on explored moon (same) -50% locust points (unique)



Quantum Swarming (W5, was quantum communications)

+2 CP cap if all classes unlocked (stronger)



Distributed Hives (W7, unique)

Building, buyout bonus 30%, +2 dust/pop

C5 systems, +4 CP cap



Evolved Construction (N8, improved)

Better missiles (+20% evasion, 28 cost instead of 36)



Neutrino Lensing (N9, unique)

+12% damage on fleet weapons (Does it stack for +260% on a 22 destroyer fleet?)



My opinion: CP cap and locust points play into their differentiator. A little nervous about neutrino lensing but overall OK.



United Empire



Exploitive Algorithms (E7, unique)

building, buff strategic resource effects



Consumption Psychology (W5, moved 4 tiers sooner, was Advanced Biologics)

Same building food buff on everything and -40% distance cost on trade routes



Active Defenses (N5, was Radiation Proofing)

Armor: +2%



Nuclear Materials (N9, unique)

+300 HP on ship



Quantum Stable Materials (N11, was Applied Quantum Stability)

+500 invasion MP on ship, normal is +60+20%



My opinion: moderately interesting, do not add anything to gameplay. Maybe "more" in the way of unique invasion modules, or ground defense modules.



Hissho



LMI systems (N4, unique)

Building, +1 XP per turn



Space Ablatives (N7, improved)

Improved kinetics, 24 per salvo instead of 20



Entangled Systems (N8, improved)

+133 invasion power (but no 10%)



Dark Energy Shields (N9, unique)

Missile, 300-1000 damage (2.5x damage of next tier up)



Ultradense Extrusion (N9, unique)

+10% damage on fleet weapons, -20% HP

Intermediate level deflector, 115



My opinion: even though they are all on the combat tree, the effects don't fit together. A kinetic, a missile, invasion power (why?). Although LMI sounds neat, Hissho ships never sit still. Maybe they should have fewer techs and more ship advantages, such as evasion due to their avian nature.



Horatio



Futuristic Game Theory (W4, moved 4 tiers sooner)

+academy, +region radius (same)



Advanced Biologics (W5, moved 3 tiers sooner)

Same building food buff on everything and -40% distance cost on trade routes



Artificial Atmosphere (E4, unique)

Food buff building



Shared Fields (S9, was Personal Fields)

Better pop cap buff



Perpetual Development (W9, was Perpetual Advantage)

Increases clone cap



My opinion: moderate effects, following specialization of cloning. Does not really affect gameplay.

Thank You very much, nice to see them all on a page and summarized.

Nice to actually see this upfront, I think it needs explained better in game however. * * * * *

very nice analysis as usual davea (^^,)

When I look at the chosen techs and boni I have to say they should be reworked.. but I don't have suggestions yet.. Will have to think about this

Awesome! I'm going to link to it from my noobs group! Thanks!

Very nice. It's nice to see what bonuses the other races are getting, considering I only play at the United Empire.

And here is my thread of suggestions on how to improve racial diversity of techs:



/#/endless-space/forum/28-game-design/thread/11946-suggestion-improving-replayability-with-better-racial-techs

Amoeba



Galactic Brotherhood (W6, unique)

Building (+10% happiness, =10% trade income) per cooperation agreement



Advanced Scholastics (W7, improved)

Building gives additional +1dust/pop on ocean, jungle, terran



Perfect Negotiations (W8, unique)

Description says nothing about what it does



Neural Net Society (W8, improved)

+20% trade route bonuses per ally, on empire



Automated Wealth (W8, unique)

Building: blockade bypass, +35% trade routes

+200% FIDS bonus on luxuries on empire



My opinion: low, all wealth and diplomacy related; very deep in tech tree



Sowers



Planetary Landscaping (W4, improved)

Building: +3 ind/pop per moon with temple



Concurrent Logistics (W5, improved)

Building: +25% ind/pop (original is +10%)



Persistent Bodies (E4, improved)

Building: +1 to +3 ind/pop



Exotic Thermodynamics (S6, moved)

Tundra colonization



All 8 colonization techs have changed text



My opinion: medium; persistent bodies plays well to industry description; tundra colonization not very useful without admantian.



Pilgrims

Consensus Systems (W3, improved)

+30% XP on hero actions, heroes arrive 10 turns earlier



Maximized Exploitation (W4, unique)

+50% XP on hero actions, heroes arrive 5 turns earlier



Inter-species HR (W6, improved)

Description says nothing about what it does



Atmospheric Filtration (S4, moved)



Factory Missions (S6, unique)

Building, +30 ind, hides from opponent inspection



My opinion: medium; more hero XP and earlier access to warp drive match description

Can someone update this for the new race? Also, I'm curious how the game works after different races have conquered the same planet and put their specialist race building on the planet -- who actually gets what benefit, and what overrides what, and what should you scrap?

Exotic Thermodynamics (S6, moved)

Tundra colonization

Tundra terraforming, not colonization!



It would be great if this list was a bit more descriptive - pictures would be great!

BlueTemplar wrote:
Tundra terraforming, not colonization!



It would be great if this list was a bit more descriptive - pictures would be great!

All this info is available on the wiki also, with pictures.

Link, please? Search for "racial techs" did not return anything...

The info on all the techs, including the pictures, is available on the wiki.

No, a page resuming all the racial techs.

BlueTemplar wrote:
No, a page resuming all the racial techs.

http://endlessspace.wikia.com/wiki/Technology#Amoeba_Faction-Specific_Technologies

I think this is what you are looking for?

Thanks!

Not exactly, because it doesn't details the techs on this page.