favorite enemies?

[Aury]

what is your favorite enemy faction in each of the following areas?

1)artistic design:
2)story line/arc:
3)back story:
3.5)most potential for an awesome backstory
4)best ai:
5)funniest ai:
6)most dangerous

for me:

1)probably the ranx
2)maybe the ares- yeah, the ares
3)oh my... we need back story... Iocrym has only Arco for competition in this spot. Antarctica doesn't count.
3.5)Penitent! Ranx and ares would tie for second...
4)Arco... his is unique though...
5)luminous because they fire backwards they end up shooting eachother/other pursuers instead of you when they chase you...
6)well...
a) in a freighter- ranx dreadnoughts (can't dodge!)
b) in a wolfen/sapphire- ventari destroyer ( disruptor keeps messing up my favorite weapons on my ship! And then it just has to be my fusion fire or plasma cannon that gets damaged and I used up all the trade posts buying longzhu's)

[Stormhawk]

The Ranx, they have awesome black ships and devastating weapons. Even the Ranx gunship is not easy to take on, unlike the sandstorm *cough. In a game a couple a days ago I had just upgraded to a plasma shield and a fusion fire howitzer. Pretty good setup right? I thought it was, until seven Ranx gunships beat the crud outta me. What a bummer.

[Betelgeuse]

Xenophobe mostly due to I like how they all live in ships and kill everything they come across with no regard for the player.

Ranx do have some great ships though.

[Sheltem]

I just like to ensure everyone knows everything so he can answer the question appropiatly

Human Organisations(friendly):
Black Market
Corporation
Commonwealth
Commonwealth Militia
Korolov
Sisters of Domina
Tinker

Human Groups:
Abbasid
Anarchists
Centauri Warlords
Charon Pirates
Dwarg Raiders
Ferian
Gaian
Heliotrope
Himal
Huari
Kobol
Marauders
Nomad
Penitent
Ranx
Sapiens
Sung Slavers
Urak
Ventari
Xenophobe

Neohumans or special human groups
Ares
Ringers(friendly)
Teraton(friendly)

Non-humans:
Iocrym
Luminous(mech)

for me its:

1)1.Xenophobes 2.Iocrym 3.Ranx
2)Ares (the only one)
3)1.Sung Slavers 2.Huari
3.5)1.Penitent 2.Abbasid 3.Xenophobes
4)1. Dwarg Masters(standoff + longrange is unfair!)
5)1. Luminous 2. Ferians
6)1. Phobos 2. Deimos Destroyers 3. Ranx Dreads

[Aury]

Luminous are autonomously repoducing machines, not aliens...

And your allies =/= enemies


Abbasid
Anarchists
Centauri Warlords
Charon Pirates
Zoanthropes
Ferian
Gaian
Heliotrope
Himal
Huari
Kobol
Marauders
Nomad
Penitent
Ranx
Sapiens
Sung Slavers
Urak
Ventari
Xenophobe
Iocrym
Luminous
Ares
Defective Auton

[Betelgeuse]

your list is a bit off Wolfy

other than the obvious Iocrym and Luminous and Defective Auton not being human, Zoanthropes is a classification not a specific unified group

Sheltem's looks good for the most part other than the minor quibble of if the Luminous count as alien

[Aury]

your list is a bit off Wolfy

other than the obvious Iocrym and Luminous and Defective Auton not being human, Zoanthropes is a classification not a specific unified group

Sheltem's looks good for the most part other than the minor quibble of if the Luminous count as alien

well, in one of the encounters zoanthropes was listed as a group as well, which is why I listed it as such...

and I forgot to remove the human lable at the top (goes off to fix)

[Sheltem]

are Ferians Zoantropes, too ?

[Vastin]

what is your favorite enemy faction in each of the following areas?

1)artistic design:
2)story line/arc:
3)back story:
3.5)most potential for an awesome backstory
4)best ai:
5)funniest ai:
6)most dangerous

Lets see:

1) Phobos (but not so much the rest of the Ares), followed closely by the Ranx Dreadnaught.
2) Atlantica/Confederation storyline
3) Back story? What back story? Never read em.
4) Dwarg Master is certainly the most effective AI.
5) Ferian Hive Swarm reaction when you accidentally tag their base. Ouch!
5b) Dwarg switching sides when you kill masters/bases.
6) Ranx Dread, until I realized you just DON'T DODGE. Now, Ares cap ships. Without a huge shield or ion reflect those ion turrets suck.