As for me, I like the Trader Emergency Coalition. Lasers, EMPs, Rail Guns, and Nukes = coolness.

Advent for the sultury voices -

Kidding.... I like the illuminator and swarms of strikecraft.

Tec I like there balance - they feel the most balenced out of the 3.

Vasari I like the movable starbase, phaaaase tech (missles, gates, ect) and superweapon.

Huh? this subforum is shared with other game forums?

Yea, the shared forum thing has been a source of confusion on quite a few occasions since being instituted a couple of years ago or so.

I'm posting from the Demigod forum at the moment, but I do have Sins and am partial to the TEC myself .

Vasari, i like the phase gates and im most comfortable playing as them then with tec or advent 

As my avatar might imply, I started out as an Advent player.  However, I've slowly gravitated towards liking the Vasari the most.

TEC

I mostly go TEC myself, just love the idea that they initial did not have a fully realized military force until the Vasari came. They then scrapped, fought and used whatever they could to defend themselves. I have always liked that characteristic.

I like the Advent the most because, well, they are the most aesthetically pleasing. At least that's why I started playing them initially, and since I learned the game playing as Advent, I have by far more experience playing with them.

The TEC is also fun, especially on smaller maps, but my general RTS playing style favors a realitively small but powerful tech heavy or hard hitting force.

I thought I would like the Vasari, but to be honest I never have much fun playing them, probably because I absolutely hate their game music. I've been meaning to try to swap their music with some "battle mixes" I made to see if I enjoy playing as them witjhout that limitation.

The advent's Illums and powerful bombers are why I use that faction.  Though it is disappointing how easilly their fighters die on enemy flak, quicker than others.  Vasari has really cool tec's but I can't ever seem to use them right or something.  And their assaliant is disappointingly weak.  Tec is good for eco, trade port at 2 civ stations.  However their balance leaves them without much strenghth in any category.  Guess im a little cheap on the illum spams, though I try to use a balanced fleet.

Hands down Advent. Best Light Frig, Long Range Frig, Scout, Flak, Support Cruiser (guardian), and bitchin caps.

Vasari

I actually prefer the Aesthetics and voices of the Advent but I never feel comfortable playing them, I love Phase Gates too much