Alternate original seven faction mod

[Dio]

Thanks, Nexii . I am glad someone else took an interest in my attempts at modifing the original seven factions. I have limited the bonuses because I want them to be playable in both SMAC and SMAX. Suggestions and comments from people playtesting them is encouraged and welcome.

A more recent look at the factions:

Gaians:
SOCIAL, +PLANET, SOCIAL, -GROWTH, SOCIAL, +EFFIC, SOCIAL, --POLICE, FUNGNUTRIENT, 1,
FUNGMINERALS, -1, PSI, 25, TERRAFORM, 0,

Keepers:
VOTES, 2, TALENT, 4, FUNGENERGY, 1,  SOCIAL, -MORALE, FUNGNUTRIENT, -1, IMMUNITY, SUPPORT, POPULATION, -2, HURRY, 125,

Morgan:
SOCIAL, +ECONOMY, SOCIAL, -SUPPORT, SOCIAL, -EFFIC, COMMERCE, 1, HURRY, 75, ENERGY, 100, INTEREST, 3, POPULATION, 3,

Archons:
TECH, 2, SOCIAL, +RESEARCH, SOCIAL, -PROBE, SHARETECH, 3, TECHCOST, 90, RESEARCH, 2, DRONE, 4, MORALE, -1

Spartans:
SOCIAL, +MORALE, SOCIAL, -INDUSTRY, SOCIAL, +PROBE, SOCIAL, -PLANET, ROBUST, EFFIC, UNIT, 11, FREEPROTO, 0, TECHCOST, 125,

Conclave:
SOCIAL, ++GROWTH, SOCIAL, +SUPPORT, SOCIAL, --RESEARCH, FUNGMINERALS, 1, FUNGENERGY, -1, FANATIC, 0, MINDCONTROL, 0, RESEARCH, -1,

Labyrinth:
SOCIAL, +INDUSTRY, SOCIAL, +POLICE, SOCIAL, ---ECONOMY, FACILITY, 4, IMPUNITY, Police State, PENALTY, Fundamentalist, MORALE, 0, COMMERCE, -2, INTEREST, -3,

[Nexii]

Are you looking more for thematic feedback or balance? 

Comparing against each other I would boost Gaia and Labyrinth a bit.  -2 POL is really crippling on Transcend to start the game.  Later on it isn't so bad.

Similarly -3 ECON is really crippling to start for Labyrinth.  See my SE set - Planned - I gave it +2 IND, +1 SUP, -3 ECON, -1 EFFIC and even that only sort of counters how terrible it is early super early.  In fact, it makes Yang rely on RNG to get any energy early game.  Since he doesn't start with Centauri Ecology you end up having 0 energy until you discover a monolith or river.

The rest are fairly close - would say Morgan is the most powerful.  Keepers and Archons are pretty good, though not quite as good as Morgan.  Spartans and Conclave somewhat below the others mentioned aside from Gaia and Labyrinth.  So I would rank the tier list like this

1 - Morgan
2 - Keepers, Archons
3 - Spartans, Conclave
4 - Gaians, Labyrinth

[ete]

@Dio, did you see/have any comments on my balance suggestions from the previous page? If you want I can do another on these new pages.

[Dio]

Here is a logo variation I decided to make on a whim that is pretty much identical to the Morgan logo shown in the new icons.pcx.

[Dio]

Believe and gaian logos.

[JarlWolf]

That Gaian logo looks very smart and crisp.

[Buster's Uncle]

It really does.

[Dio]

What are your thoughts on this hive logo? Could it fit the character of the faction or leader?

[Buster's Uncle]

It sorta says Big Yang is Watching, so yeah...

[Dio]

University/Archon logo. Any comments, suggestions, comparisions, etc.?

[Geo]

Ah, the Archon logo in reverse color like it shows on the diplomacy landscape.

[Dio]

Spartan Logo.

[Dio]

Revised Morgan Logo.

[Geo]

The blue doesn't swing it for me.

[Buster's Uncle]

Green?