Add more "random" options during pre-game race selection.

Now that each race is split, I'd love to see a random option that will randomly choose one of the two factions for a race.

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A fairly simple suggestion really. I love playing Vasari, and don't like any of the other races nearly as much. I think I'm likely not the only person with this feeling. While the factions change a lot of tactics, a lot of the race is still the same.

I'd love to see a pre-game option to have the following race choices so the game would randomly choose one of the two factions:

 

"Random TEC"

"Random Vasari"

"Random Advent"

 

I imagine this would be a very easy addition. This would also allow three race games, with some mystery about what the abilities of your opponents might actually be :)

 

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Reply #1 from Sins Forums Top

This is one of the main reasons why having 1 player entity file with research that when researched disables/prevents the reseearch of another just so you start as TEC and the other player doesn't know wtf you are doing until they run into it.

People see that you are a particular faction and they'll break out the 3x5 card of how to counter them.

Reply #2 from Sins Forums Top

or random not-advent, or random not vasari, or random not tec.

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Reply #3 from Sins Forums Top

I still don't understand why it isn't either, declare your allegiance in a match like they originally said it was going to be, or CnC Generals: Zero Hour where the original factions were still available. Rebellion won't be a true replacement for Diplomacy/Trinity unless one of these happens. But what do I know, I am just a noob who doesn't have a computer that can handle Sins in general at the moment.

Reply #4 from Sins Forums Top

I would also like if my opponents did not know they were going to have a TEC Reb Titan up their behinds, or that spending cash on bounty is useless! Or that I am going to build a starbase at the pirate base bwuahahahaaa

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Or that I am going to camp and wait for them to make a mistake. *Random inside my favourite race* option like OP suggested would do this for me