Collective Race Hmm...

PROS:

Collective race can be a thorn in your side on the battle field with a potential economy strong enough to set of UW`s. Like virals, it has 2 ships with chemical attack (if paid). Also it has one of the fastest build range 9 ships in the game. There are also 3 unpaid 100% capture ships!

Wow! Pretty impressive? Galleon is a feared ship.. it`s like a grandaddy broadsword. My personal favorite is brigantine because the assumption is I am leading galleons then you run into this chemical/missle power house. Ouch. Then after that.. gotta love just capturing all kinds of interesting ships. Well, the times the capture glitch doesn`t pop up and screw you.

So.. 1 - 3 just really decent ships and with enough patience and jacked up food prices, a very strong economy.

CONS.

Alas, I arrive and the reason I am making this thread. The most "con-filled" race of all.

When a viral captures a 11k Ularge, what happens? They look at it longingly then quickly kill the pop or plunder it. Useless it is (wish it wasn`t). Well that`s useless to collective as well. Viral captures 2 juicy C3`s from an Aminer and they are stoked. Just infect that SOB and milk that puppy all day long. Well that, too, is useless to collectives. 1 planet at a time collective must. Maru can use U class and clusters no problem btw. Hmm... so it must be the ships and ability to navigate the ranks (stacked of course!) effectively that collective race is hindered in such ways economically.

Nope! With only 3 unpaid ships having the almighty `No Retal` ability, only 1 with more than range 7 (range 8 makes having a truly effective 10 stack without capturing... well... impossible. You will have to use the easy to kill queens and kings with is just a gamble.

Maybe I suck at battling, I don`t know how to stack, I don`t know how to spam properly, say what you will flame on. Psh. This race was created with good intentions, but it is a bit too complicated with "stephen programming."