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To be honest, yes... I can't imagine what I would do if I were a pacifist. Would I form federations around myself? Well, maybe that's also a valid way to win, but I'm not sure...
Although, in the end, I came to the conclusion that these qualities don't really suit my play style. I think I've already said something about this, but here's a more detailed explanation:
1. Xenophobia. It's not suitable because migration is generally a useful thing. In a multi-racial empire, minorities inevitably migrate (although you can create a law that prohibits this, but what are the benefits?). Population diversity is quite useful. And here – xenophobia. That is, happiness suffers from this. That's not cool.
Only representatives of your race hold leading positions. Also not cool, because some other races may have useful bonuses. Well, hypothetically, I haven't tested how this works in practice.
2. Militarism. Well, happiness from war is fine with me. At first, it seemed useless, but then, when the number of free star systems became limited... In general, expansion at the expense of neighbors is becoming an increasingly reasonable option; soon it may become the only possible one.
3. Military dictatorship. Increasing the maximum fleet size? Heh, I never accumulated more than 3/4 of the maximum number of ships. In the end, it's even too expensive to maintain. Most often, my fleet is ~= half of the possible capacity. Changing the leader only upon the death of the old one? Well, I don't even know... Let's just say, I would try a different structure; there were more interesting bonuses there. A corporatocracy with increased resource income looks pretty good. Democracy also seems good (although frequent changes of leader can become another not-so-convenient extreme compared to lifelong rule).
4. The "nomadic" trait. I don't know, for some reason it seems to me that if my humans migrated from planet to planet a little slower, I wouldn't lose anything.
In the end, if I were starting from scratch, I would choose corporatocrats, xenophiles, and militarists. Perhaps also skilled sociologists. Sociology has proven to be a rather useful science, especially at the beginning of the game. Although, maybe it's better to take engineers, as engineering starts to become quite important somewhere in the middle, which is where I am now. Physics, strangely enough, has not shown itself to be very effective, except for improving wormhole and shield technology; I wouldn't say it has brought me anything particularly useful.
Although, in the end, I came to the conclusion that these qualities don't really suit my play style. I think I've already said something about this, but here's a more detailed explanation:
1. Xenophobia. It's not suitable because migration is generally a useful thing. In a multi-racial empire, minorities inevitably migrate (although you can create a law that prohibits this, but what are the benefits?). Population diversity is quite useful. And here – xenophobia. That is, happiness suffers from this. That's not cool.
Only representatives of your race hold leading positions. Also not cool, because some other races may have useful bonuses. Well, hypothetically, I haven't tested how this works in practice.
2. Militarism. Well, happiness from war is fine with me. At first, it seemed useless, but then, when the number of free star systems became limited... In general, expansion at the expense of neighbors is becoming an increasingly reasonable option; soon it may become the only possible one.
3. Military dictatorship. Increasing the maximum fleet size? Heh, I never accumulated more than 3/4 of the maximum number of ships. In the end, it's even too expensive to maintain. Most often, my fleet is ~= half of the possible capacity. Changing the leader only upon the death of the old one? Well, I don't even know... Let's just say, I would try a different structure; there were more interesting bonuses there. A corporatocracy with increased resource income looks pretty good. Democracy also seems good (although frequent changes of leader can become another not-so-convenient extreme compared to lifelong rule).
4. The "nomadic" trait. I don't know, for some reason it seems to me that if my humans migrated from planet to planet a little slower, I wouldn't lose anything.
In the end, if I were starting from scratch, I would choose corporatocrats, xenophiles, and militarists. Perhaps also skilled sociologists. Sociology has proven to be a rather useful science, especially at the beginning of the game. Although, maybe it's better to take engineers, as engineering starts to become quite important somewhere in the middle, which is where I am now. Physics, strangely enough, has not shown itself to be very effective, except for improving wormhole and shield technology; I wouldn't say it has brought me anything particularly useful.