Factions Text for Web Site, need suggestions
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If you tell new players that the factions play differently they are going to worry unnecessarily about what faction they should play and learn, and think they have to play a certain way with or against factions. This is not a game like Starcraft where the factions offer unique gameplay, claiming they do is misleading and detrimental to new players.
If something has to be written about factions the main thing really is just the differing aesthetics and lore, and the fact that there are four of them to provide some minor gameplay flavor and niche tools.
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let's stay on topic plox
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can ask me in discord regarding the deleted posts if you feel like they contribute to the topic and you disagree with them being hidden
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I always thought of the UEF as good defenders, Seraphim as good attackers, Cybran as the stealth team, and the Aeon as the specialists. I know it's not 100% true across the board, but I'd say generally speaking it is.
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yes fight among yourselves and get me some good descriptions I'll incorporate one day this century
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No but seriously, we need a deciding factor for the descriptions. To me, gameplay isn't different at all. They all build T1 tanks, they all make inties/asf, they all make frigs, etc etc. The big changes between factions come in minor unit details (UEF janus aoe vs Notha high alpha) but in the end they arent enough to say "this faction is defensive/apm demanding/agressive"
Remember this is also for new players, if you tell a new player "uef has t3 point defense so they are turtle" they arent going to know wtf is t3 or a point defense. And claiming its the defensive faction is a lie when cybran has Harms or seraphim better shields.
Ergo, it seems aesthetics is the deciding factor. To me, I like the factions based on their T1-T2 stages (which to me, I enjoy very much how Seraphim develops in those stages. I hate aeon t1 because I don't enjoy managing aurora). Maybe a mix between aesthetics and key unit highlights could be the thing? Instead of just one short summary/couple of sentences, a small page section with they KEY units that differ from other factions. Here is an example:
Cybran: Description aesthetics
Key highlights:
Best t1 Frigate
Mobile Stealth / asf / strat has stealth
T2 bomber snipes
Fastest t1 tankAeon:
High range t1 tank
Mercy kamikaze missile
Highest range T2 destroyer
ACU gun rangeand so on...
Above are just examples, I'm sure you guys can come up with a consensus on what units on each faction stand out so much that they deserve being mentioned. For example Aurora is completely different than T1 Cybran, uef and sera t1 tank. The other 3 just go and yeet themselves to each other but Aurora play differently
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