Because I think the Diktat changes very heavily divert from the kind of changes other factions were getting. There isn't much to say about the other changes because they all look cool and feel justified.
But while every faction has a very distinct playstyle the Diktat, besides one ship with special weapons that can only be found in a small selected part of their navy, is the most default faction in the game.
To be honest I don't think the Diktat will even perform worse now. They mostly will use 80% of the same stuff in their navy they have used before, just with the addition of the Executor. And while the LG have their Special modifications it's just a small numbers change that won't affect the performance that much to be crucial. Which is in my opinion the issue because their most unique aspect will be nearly completely irrelevant during gameplay.
I wouldn't necessarily say that 's true. Despite their main political opponent being the Hegemony, Lion's Guards ships and weapons are ironically perfect stepping stones for fighting Remnants or Tri-Tachyon for any players willing to *** off a convenient stocking faction to acquire them. Midline ships tend to have enough full range mobility with their systems to keep pace with the nominally fast high tech ships for maintaining optimal distance and they tend to have enough Ballistics to outrange and sufficiently pressure their efficient shields. They also have nice energy weapon slots for additional self-defense when any of them inevitably get close enough to engage their guns. Energy weapon slots to maybe equip a couple new fancy Kinetic, anti-shield energy weapons perhaps to drive the AI back by spiking their flux suddenly for when they *do* get in range. Not to mention that all their in-built Solar Shields means that all the LG ships essentially have a built-in "Takes 20% less damage from Remnants aside from the Brilliants waving their Gauss Rifles around".
Don't get me wrong. I love the DEM (and the pegasus) a lot and are going to climb on top of my favourite missiles that i am probably always going to use in some capacity alongside the Pilum (I also love the new Pilum Catapult too!).
New pilums are pretty cool, and I will say that they likely do much better for their intended role in their current state of the game but I did have a fondness for the old pilums when I did a "Vanilla Carriers Only" playthrough in 0.9. Had an Astral, 2 Herons, 3 Moras, and 5 Condors all with as many Pilums they could hold to saturate the battlespace, put the enemy AI on edge with all the HE free floating around menacingly, and tie up their PD as much as possible to help protect all the fighters making their rounds. Tab screen was mostly little green triangles floating around making it hard to see what all was going on.
On the case of the Diktat i did had something to say and thus decided to make an account to say something about it as it did sit wrong with me. Again, don't get me wrong. I know that the Diktat is messed up all over the place.
This kinda made me curious on if I actually had it right or not since I was mostly just typing stuff and so I decided to skim through the topic a bit. Turned out in the first half the newer accounts were mostly in support of the Diktat changes, while it changes somewhat in the later half to some in favor and some against. Also turns out that most of the vocal complaints about it were from longer lived accounts than not. Probably got it in their head that the Diktat were destined for more for years since no other faction really has a separate patrol group like the Paw Patrol and how in the past they used High-Tech ships vice the regular military's mid-tech focus and that more currently they apparently have more doctrine points than the other factions' patrols. When I first started playing I used Askonia as a convenient fueling point, but at least since I found out that punching patrols made it so the factions spawned more patrols in the area was a thing I've been using them as a fun punching bag since all their power is consolidated in one locale making it so that punching them repeatedly both caused enormous amounts of enormous fleets to spawn in one gauntlet filled storm of metal and energy while also not making it too inconvenient to travel around the sector since, I mean, if I avoid Askonia then I avoided trouble, nbd.
I just go there to buy tasty lobster (kinda wish i could go and eat some of my cargo even if it were to do nothing haha!), stock up on fuel (apparently sindrian fuel isn't such a good deal anymore, is that true?), and get credits from helping clean up the latest pirate activity incident (always fun).
Despite being an export exclusive to the Diktat, lobster never really seemed all that lucrative. Though it might be one of the higher earners if you wanted to be an more ethical trader and not smuggle hard drugs and weapons around thanks to all the no doubt corrupt Sindrian officials abusing their power to legally seize tons of lobsters and illegally sell them to you on the cheap bypassing all tariffs and profit record keeping in the process. I generally make my way through exciting Bounty Hunting and exploration missions though, rather than trade. Something still needs to change with regards to smuggling to the Pathers being so wildly lucrative to everything else in the game compared to its nigh complete lack of risk imo.
With regards to resupplying, both Nachiketa and Sindria have a Synchrotron core. Unlike Sindria however, Nachiketa often has at least 1000 fuel at excess level prices making them cost far less than anyone else, including Sindria who seems to sell close to base price. Its also cheaper too once you go past that initial 1000 excess fuel before it catches up to Askonian prices. Chicomoztoc OTOH usually has some supplies and crew for cheap since they're the largest planet in the game and also happen to be equipped with a Pristine Nanoforge meaning that they supply more supplies than anyone can possibly need. That said, the added price you have in Sindria can be thought of as the price of convenience. Going to two planets in two separate, albeit nearby, star systems takes a bit of time that can rapidly add up doing it every time you enter the Core. They're also located in the SE corner of the core worlds for better or worse vs. Askonia being smack dab in the consistent center. Lastly, dealing with the Hegemony for cheaper supplies and fuel also means having to put up with the Hegemony's hatred for the use of AI cores or Free Ports. And if you *really* want to do a saturated bombing that basically means no more dealing with the Hegemony full stop. So yes, Nachiketa and Chicomoztoc are ultimately much cheaper than going to Sindria, especially when dealing with bulk, but there's also a fair amount of "hidden costs" and inconveniences to go along with that.
Guess it comes up as wrong when your first post is about being upset about it.
Looked up my first post to see what it was and it was
apparently a tech support issue about the Uhlan Laser not autofiring on Station modules when they were introduced written in the format of a semi-formal letter, so I guess I was just a huge nerd 5 years ago. Well, still doesn't hurt to say thanks and wish others good days. So I hope yous twos has a good day today.
Edit: ninja'd
TLDR: Every faction has a unique aspect, but the Diktat's is literally just a group of D skins; We had allready seen all of the other changes in the blog post beforehand.
Yeah, all the other stuff is great, not much else to say about it. Personally I just dislike the the Diktat changes on the gameplay-side by principle. My issue is ironically the lack of uniqueness in what is meant to make the faction more unique.
As an idea, what if the military was split up with all three epochs? Since his split was only 20 years ago The Regular military can have low-tech and mid-line being split between what remains of the task force he was given then by the Heg and the ships he's being provided by the Persean League now, while the LG's will be mostly Midline, but can also contain a few high-tech ships, preferably no larger than Frigate-sized or Destroyer at the largest to represent Philip's desire for energy weapons and high-tech toys. But also without a way to easily acquire them as the Tri-Tachyon likely wants to hold onto what few assets they have left after two lost wars. Then the Sindrian forces can somewhat represent all facets of the Sector in their central location based on their unique situation compared to the other 4.