Wich of the three strands would you rather play for? The Azdgari or the Zidigar? Also, do you go for the UE or the Voinians? I like the Azdgari and the Voinians. I will be gone for the next several days, so feel free to update the stats when you post!
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Of the three strands, I prefer the Igadzra.
The reasons I would choose them are the following
*Best ships of all the strands
*SAEs dominate over Renegades, United Earth, Independants, Miranu, Azdgari, and Strandless
*Plasma Siphon has awesome stopping power and sheild drainage properties. It also consumers very little fuel
*The string is the most challenging of the 3 strands
Between the Voinians and the UE, I usually chose the UE. Although the power the Voinians have over the crescent is unbelievable, their ships (cruiser) are sooo darn slow. I get encircled by destroyers which clearly out maneuver (sp?) me. Soon, after about 5 + beating on the way to hyperspace, I am very low on armor. Here are the advantages of the UE
*Because they are HUMAN
*The awesome UE cruiser
*Needle missile jammer
*I can get access to Neutron Weapons
*Trade
*Fuller string
*Friendlier
Strands-
Igazdra- 1
Azdgari- 1
Zidigar- 0
Strandless- 0
Humans/Voinians
United Earth- 1
Voinians- 1
In the Earth/Voina theatre, I find that the storyline is too one-sided for it to be enjoyable to support anyone other than United Earth. The Voinians are simply too evil to be realistic villains. In addition, human ships are faster than their counterparts, and UE has (relatively) accurate cannons and guided missiles.
Out of the factions of the Crescent race, I prefer the Igadzra, more through a process of elimination than anything else. The Azdgari are too disorganised and unintelligent, and the Zidagar make use of genocide by chemical weapons. The Igadzra technology is also the most powerful of the Strands, although the Igazra itself I find too slow.
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Another poll, no offense, but kinda old, I'll vote anyway.
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Because they are HUMAN
The awesome UE cruiser
That about sums it up for me. It may be true that Voinians dominate in Cresent space, but they normally aren't down there, and they are way too slow. UE all the way!!!
In the cresent, I prefer the unlikely Zidagar to any of the other races. They have the fastest ship of its class. The SAEs won't even touch them, and the Phased beam is the bomb againist the Azdara. I seen stituations where a Zidara and its fighters beat an Azdgari Warship. They are also the only one friendly to the Miranu, which is useful, I always seem to get on the wrong side of the Miranu :D.
So Far:
UE- 4
Voinians- 1
Igazdra- 2
Zidagar- 2
Azdgari- 1 (What?!?! 
It's normally the favorite!!!)
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I usually play UE and Igadzra. I don't like the Zidagar due to the lack of space and jumps I get with a Zidara and the Azdara with dospect armor is quite literally invinceable, but it takes forever to take out anything with.
Lately, I've started a new pilot file for use with Voinians and Azdgari though.
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Results so far:
UE- 4 (Expected)
Voinians- 1 (Expected {There are some Voinian lovers out there ;-)})
Igazdra- 2 (Expected)
Zidagar- 2 (Expected)
Azdgari- 1 (Unexpected- Didn't know they had anything fun to use;-))
UE and Zidagar.
The Zidagar string is fun 'cos you can get a pretty cheap warship and you can capture the warships of the other races to use as escorts... Having 3 Azdagari warships and 2 Igazras (sp?) is fun....
Az
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"Parlez vous sans mon derreire"
As the french probably wouldn't say.
UE and Azdgari. Azdgaris are fast and have the shield generator that you can find nowhere else. Furthermore they let you buy their azdara only after the first mission you do for them. And at last they have a secondary RCS upgrade that, with the normal one, allows you to use you Crescent Warship like a fighter.
And, David Arthur, have you seen what active (but not in-fire topic) the UE-Voinians battle can give (it's a pity LV is no longer often here)? Strand polls are boring compared.
Hey, LI, you are not so lone out here ;).
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Originally posted by Zacha Pedro:
**UE and Azdgari. Azdgaris are fast and have the shield generator that you can find nowhere else. Furthermore they let you buy their azdara only after the first mission you do for them.
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Yeah, but you have to sell it later on...
Az
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As the french probably wouldn't say.
Azdgari.... They have a reasonably challenging string with great rewards. (I also like the Igadzra String but the Zidagar is too easy and just irratating)
Also I choose the UE because:
*You actually get to fly their best ship, the UE Cruiser, unlike the Voinian Dreadnought
*They are not evil
*eg,A UE Destroyer is much more fun to fly than a Voinian Frigate, etc.
*Fast firing cannons and guided missiles
*Without 'Reign of the Voinians' the Voinian String is Reall inconclusive
*You can get almost all Voinian techs at the completed Paaren Station.
Please put me down for the following...
Western galaxy conflict: Voinians
Crescent conflict: Igadzra
(I'm assuming the Voinian supporters are allowed to use ROTV plugs.) My reasoning is much the same as the others who have voted for the same choices already; both choices offer a challenging, enjoyable mission string, and allow you to fight some memorable battles with interesting equipment.
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Voinian-Adzgari is the best combination of the two strings. However, I prefer the UE independently, because of its fuller string, the UE Cruiser (which can also easily have an Azdara bay), and its faster ships. The only problems with the Adzgari is that you can't do the raiding missions in an Azdara (not enough cargo room), and that the string leaves you hanging. So my vote goes to UE and Adzgari
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Although I certainlty enjoy playing for the Voinians, the United Earth has more realistic cause, so I can't really make a call on those two.
As for strands, I'm Igadzra all the way.
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I don't like the Igazra because, to "intoxicate" their ennemies, they destroy one big, beautiful planet (Novitia) that could have been used to house and food hundreds of millons of Igazras or Strandless. I agree with the destruction of hoth(sp?), because war is war, but destroying on planet just to impress ennemies
Alright, if Voinians supporters are allowed to use ROTV, UE supporter are allowed to use ROTUE (it's a pity LV is no longer often here, I regret him).
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