Strengths and Weaknesses - a search for opinions

[Fyron]

One place to start is:

http://wiki.spaceempires.net/index.php/FAQ_1.1_(SEIV)

In fact, this really needs more information.

[Atrocities]

A good question would also be what are the best combination of said races? For example if you combined Religious with Crystalline or Crystalline with Temporal.

[NullAshton]

Crystalline Organic?

[Alneyan]

I'd pick Crystalline and Religious any day. Religious is the most cost efficient of the traits (lessening the effect of dropping Aggressiveness, and giving a resource boost in the early game), with by far the lowest amount of research required. Crystalline takes a longer while to get up and running, but the results are well worth it.

Of course, this sort of setup takes a good deal of research to be truly useful, but the Shrines might be able to give a boost in the early game (until more galaxy-shattering techs can be researched). This specific combination has the unfortunate side-effect of making your neighbours uneasy, though, so you'd better have a golden tongue or a very strong early game.

[Fyron]

Some of the items in the wiki are given weird names that do not correspond to in-game names. When adding info, make sure to edit them if they do not match.

[Ed Kolis]

I happen to like Crystalline/Temporal, perhaps because of the Shield Accelerator / Shard Cannon combo, not to mention Crystalline Armor and Temporal SPaceyards

[rdouglass]

IMO also one of the strongest is Temporal 'cause of the ShipYards. Once you get a few levels of those, they take a little longer to build initially but when you start pumping out BC's twice as fast as your opponents, that can be very effective. More so sometimes than the technology on those BC's.

Organic has good armor when used properly.

And as stated, Religious has an 'unofficial political penalty' when played against humans. The Talisman is a very formidable component and most folks don't want to face Religious players in late game conflicts.

[Baron Munchausen]

Atrocities said:
A good question would also be what are the best combination of said races? For example if you combined Religious with Crystalline or Crystalline with Temporal.

Crystalline and Temporal is probably the best or near best combination, actually. Temporal has incredibly deadly offensive weapons, like the Time Distortion Burst and Temporal Shifter, but no defensive advantages. Crystalline has huge defensive advantages, like the special Crystalline armor and the Energy Dampener 'delay fire' weapon, but it's a bit weak on offense. The Shard Cannon has relatively low damage and doesn't get its special advantage against armor until shields are worn down.