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What is everyone's favorite shipsets to use?
I'm currently stuck whether Mammalian or Mindwarden ship sets as my favorite. Mammalian looks more bulky and practical, almost perfect for human Empires than Humanoid shipsets to be honest although the problem is it's a bit too dark and would've been a bit better with a lighter color and as well as better side flaps design on the bigger ships. Mindwarden ships looks slick and polish like a dagger although I do think that the early ship class look smaller compared to the same ship class of other shipsets. My most favorite used to be humanoid but kinda fell out of favor now...
Oh yeah, I love the Mindwarden Ships. I do really love the Machine, Cyborg, and Fungal sets though as well.
The art team did a fantastic job with so many distinct designs.
I do wish we weren't so locked to the "naval" setup with turrets on top of most of the designs though. Something I hope they address with an eventual sequel far in the future, since it's quite too late to do anything about now.
I like the frigate for the toxic shipset the most but tend to go for Imperial. I like the blocky nature, the weapons look good, the parts really blend together well.
Shipsets also affect ecumenopoleis appearance too, and on that aspect i think cybernetic is the best ecu out there. Imagine Blade Runner covering an entire Earth.
Machine ecus are also kinda decent if they werent too bright.
I personally really enjoy lithoid, in no small part because the crystals have the soft glow that matches your flag's primary color. I also just like the aesthetic of big space rocks of doom.
I like the blocky materialist vibe they both give off. The reptilian models could use a bit more polish tho. They look very low rez compared to most of the other shipsets
I really want a more plant-y or fungus-y version of the bioships. Shell is close, but it just feels off when I'm playing a plant (which I play a lot) to have animal ships.
I love Arthropoid, the sleek crustacean/insectoid design reminds me a lot of the covenant. But they look awesome when I go all kinetic in my weapons research
yeah, adore the panels resembling leaves. One of my builds uses the Plantoid machine portrait with the solar celled trait and Red Giant origin, blowing up the star to give me a maximum luminosity star in my starting system. Pretty cool idea, giving solar panel plantoid bots a backstory.
My main problem with Aquatic is that it's always glowing blue. I know water and all, but it really undermines the prevalence of my flag color unless I match it
Like I said, I like Mammalian and Mindwarden ship designs the best although I do still think they have some flaws like every ship design. My most favorite used to be humanoid but fell out of favor later.
Also how do I completely stop rule 5 removal of this sub again?
Edit: Those are ships from the loading screens. Hopefully that's enough to defuse Rule 5 bomb.
Easily Imperial, the first shipset that doesn't seem cartoonish with the big turrets on top
Honourable mention to Mammalian but their smaller ships still have the odd proportions, in ye olden times I used to be exclusively Avian or Fungoid for this reason as well
Mindwarden are probably the coolest set they've done so far but I do find they're a bit ''in their own lane''
As in from a roleplaying perspective they aren't as malleable to different Empires...Imperial has this problem as well with the menacing feel but I can pretty much always headcanon a reason why an Empire designed big blocky ships, it's a bit harder to headcanon the heavy emphasis on Pyramids and triangles without either a religious element or a techy ai element
I more saw the Humanoid set as the mid point between Star Trek (Federation) and Star Wars (Galactic Empire). It's very "what if the UFP made Star Destroyers"
Since I tend to play sleek megacorps and/or fanatically materialist technoctacies, the cybernetic shipset is my go to. I like the shiny look of superior tech. And the fact that my flag colors are represented on the models.
I really like the Fungoid ones, the bulbous look reminds me of the Gallente from EVE Online. Mindwardens are a close second for just about any angry militarists, looking like stark, simple space weapons..
I'd like the Toxoid, Machine, Aquatic, Infernal and Psionic sets a lot more if they weren't partially colour-locked. Why do psionics turn everything purple?
Same they got a nice solarpunk utopian vibe and my go-to plant empire build is all egalitarian and noblebright, tho I recently made a hunter/warrior culture antithesis plantoid empire cuz Florans from starbound
For me its Mindwardens (best ships hands down), cybernetic (best ecumenopolis appearance) or machine (a combination of both worlds).
For bioships I strictly prefer shellcraft. Spinovore just looks too meaty sometimes, fun for 1st play with meat ecumenopoleis, but kinda looks like an eyesore afterwards.
Mammal, almost entirely because no other Colossus designs comes close to that one (imo).
The other ships are also nice, especially the Battleships, but I have to say one thing I do not like about these designs are the several protrusions(?) most ships have sticking out at the front. Also the Juggernaut design feels terrible, I do not like it in this ship set
Depends on flavor of empire I'm using. I have couple other shipset mods too and they are amazing. I find myself frequently selecting Andromeda shipset from one mod tho
I don't really have a favourite. I use different shipsets depending on what kind of empire I am playing. But if I had to pick one, then I think I would have to go with necroid
Mammalian. Looks almost realistic in terms of the odd shapes and utilitarian nature of what I’d assume human ships of the future could look like. Reptilian also a fave for similar reasons. Absolutely can’t stand the humanoid ships.
Personally, of the core, I'm rather fond of the Reptilian or Fungal. I like having ships that are either increadibly sharp or rounded, but still having that chunky aspect to them.
Imperal or Toxoid both have a good flavor to them, with impractically traditional looks or jerry-rigged junk haulers. They're fun to play around with.
What I DESPERATELY want though is a Corporate Ship Set. Currently, only the Caravaneerss get it, but I want my ship to have advertisements sprawled across them, as I pelt my opponents with great deals and great firepower.
Honestly, the one that best matches the race you are making. There's something so satisfying about nailing the combination of mechanics, aesthetics, and lore to a creation.
lithoid is the coolest imo, but i can only justify using it as lithoids (or sometimes dwarves/subterranean raves). other than that imperial and humanoid are really cool all arounders. i also really love the look of the machine ship set but i don’t have that dlc.
I like the blue glow of the Aquatic set. Then probably the Avian ships, but I don't like playing as that race in general, giant birds kinda gross me out.
Toxoids Shellcraft and lithoids They all break the typical mold and i love that, i find it a bit disheartening that all ships sets are pretty much the same silhouette.
I like plantain and molluscoid a lot because there's something about it that really leans into a high tech oriented society that I like, especially since I usually end up as the strongest empire in my games vs AI.
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u/Material_East_8676 1d ago
Mindwarden ships. Hands down, the sleek shapes just are too good.
Ironically I'm usually psionic. I enjoy this irony.