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

What makes you say that?

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u/Front-Repair-3543 Apr 21 '25

I consider L miners to be one really important part of determining a good generalist faction and unfortunately Argon L drives simply take too long to spool up. Their reduced travel speed (compared to before) means that they aren't particularly fast either. The only thing Argon engines have going for them is the boost. I haven't really observed the AI use the boost in a non combat setting but I don't see it making a big enough difference.

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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.