Fellow asking for help with Faction Buff Ideas

[Buster's Uncle]

Go help 'im out, willya?

Hiya I'm hoping that some of you good people can give me some ideas about how to buff the factions a bit.  I don't want to change the social stats, rather give free special abilities or facilities upon discovery of certain techs.  I want them to play to be fitting to the faction style and play to its strengths while not being overpowered in comparison. 

So far I have added:
 Spartan units getting the trained special ability after they learn Int Integ
Giains getting super formers with AEE
Pirates getting amph pods with Doc initiative

I haven't spent long thinking about this but I was also mulling over the idea of free energy banks for Morgan/Fusion labs for Zak/police units for Yang or Lal (non lethal methods) but think they will be too strong.

Anway I would love to hear your thoughts and suggestions.

http://apolyton.net/showthread.php/205576-Faction-Buff-Ideas?p=6308186#post6308186

[JarlWolf]

Well some I can post here for you or someone else to post for me there-


For the Hive, Information Networks can be connected to punishment spheres, because Yang can devise other means of instilling total obedience without high end technology. Because the control of the free flow of information is the rapid slide into despotism, Yang knows this.

For the Drones, Ethical Calculus can get fungicidal formers (They spur on their people to be more industrious with egalitarian propaganda/increasing civic rights.)

And as for the Believers, when they get Doctrine Loyalty they have their units get a permanent training boost to the next level, as their soldiers are devout and completely indoctrinated with faith.

And for Roze, when she gets Polymorphic Software she can can have access to building the Hunter Seeker algorithm. Why? With such advanced, self coding software the experienced software engineers of Roze's information front can easily outbest any probe team or hacking attempt by any other faction- provided they initiate such a software to exist.

[Buster's Uncle]

You are a gentleman and a scholar, sir.  I will pass that along now.

[Yitzi]

Those ideas won't work; there is no way to tie a faction bonus ability or facility to any tech other than its normal prerequisite.

[Buster's Uncle]

What would work?

[Geo]

You can give a free ability/facility from turn one I think. That's the closest you get to Jarl's ideas.

Gaians would 'feel' better with Empath Song ability, and Believers with Hypnotic Trance. Those abilities fit nicely with the Planet focus of the Gaians and focus through religious indoctrination for the Believers.

The University could go well with the Algorithmic Enhancement ability. There's some canon fluff that Zakharov wasn't averse from having implants. And University researchers would use more advanced methods then drugs or psychology to test and monitor their 'subjects'in the Research Hospital.
I know common thought is to give this ability to the Angels, but I feel implant tech would either be too suspect for the typical 'anarchist in the street' or kept aside for the hacking 'elitarians'.

[Kilkakon]

Uni is meant to be weak with probes though :O

[Yitzi]

Uni is meant to be weak with probes though :O

Actually, it's meant to be weak to probes.

[Geo]

Uni is meant to be weak with probes though :O

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