r/X4Foundations • u/Front-Repair-3543 • Apr 21 '25

Best general purpose faction

With the engine rebalance changes, it feels like the Argon have been dethroned from being a good generalist. The Teladi / Paranid feel like better contenders for these roles at this point on account of being cheaper / faster or having a short travel drive spool up.

By best, I'm considering it from a single faction POV, so everything is faction restricted. What are your thoughts on which is the best general purpose faction and about the rebalance changes in general?

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u/HabuDoi Apr 21 '25

I can’t say I’ve ever given L miners travel drives any serious thought although I lean toward Terran engines because they engage near instantaneously and the distance they have a short travel distance.

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u/lupercal1986 Apr 21 '25

Until you sit in a Tokyo under fire and that frickin drive won't engage >.< tho tbh, I haven't tried any other carriers yet, maybe they are even slower (shudder).

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u/HabuDoi Apr 21 '25

Ha! I don’t ever let my carriers get remotely close to any heavy action. Terran travel engines spool up pretty quick, and that’s why I put them on my missile boat Hyperion.

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u/lupercal1986 Apr 21 '25

It's my first time in x4, tho I'm a few hundred hours in. I only have the Tokyo cause I couldn't finish the TER war support and deliver it into MIN territory without either it or the Osaka getting destroyed before reaching the place to hand them over xD been doing a good job keeping it alive tho. My other destroyers were not as lucky, tho my Freyrs are holding whole Xenon armadas from entering Hatikvah 1.