At last we will reveal ourselves to the galaxy.  At last we shall have our revenge.  

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Playing it now and it's a blast. 

jep

Gotta say, I freaked out a little when I saw the edge of THIS:

It really is impressive when you see it in all its roaring, rotating glory!  

Purchased surprised but happy to see this as the first race but VERY happy to see a new faction ability in there, that's what will make or break these race mods to come, different ways of playing the game and different styles of opponent to play against. As a bonus of course modders get another ability to distinguish their races too.

So two thumbs up!

I also like that they have significant penalties to these ships, as they are likely to have more, clever balancing mechanic.

This one is probably my favorite DLC yet. Possibly the best one we've ever done. 

Not sure I understand the question.  But I'll answer what I THINK you are asking.

In this DLC the Snathi Revenge are introduced as a playable MAJOR faction.  They can be included or not, if you want, in Sandbox mode.  The only way they'd slip into a game where you didn't want them is if you hit the Random button for opponents at galaxy creation.

The other two things added, outside of the Snathi themselves and the scenario Revenge of the Snathi, is the new scavenger ability and the Snathi ship style/parts.  Even if you don't like the Snathi themselves (booooo hisssss - burn the heretic ), the Scavenger Ability as well as the ship parts will come in handy.  As is access to the Santhi Tech Three, now that  I think about it.

If you wanted to, you could create a Custom Race with this Snathi ship style and tech tree and give them some other leader pic and story background.

As for the Arnorans, no, the Ranger isn't back yet.  This is something all new and interesting for this DLC scenario.  Paul likened them more to the Peacekeepers (which makes sense if one looks at the innards of the DLC) but beefed up.  A LOT. 

And while I won't spoil the surprise, there is some nice benefits to blowing some things up in this scenario.

All in all, well worth the five bucks, I think (even if I am getting it for "free" ).

I love it! "Racism" within a game now... lol Maybe people's attitudes stem from them being in the rodent family? Just saying, their relatives can be pretty nasty.

Buck, the Snathi tech tree seems to be available. I changed a few of my customs to their ships for variety. I could have sworn the tree was also available.

Lol, Hordesman, I have to respectfully disagree with you. The Snathi are CLEARLY still squirrels, albeit graduates from the "Rambo Academy."  The others do not look anything like the animals some might say inspired them. I have no problem with the Snathi, they simply have always spoiled the immersion for me. To each his own.

This is what happens when myopic little children have cruel aunts and uncles buying them stuffed animals as presents.  "It's a teddy bear, little androshalforc!  Honest, it is!"

I love the Snathi.  My cats, however, are convinced that all squirrels were always evil in the first place, especially the ones in our trees.

good one

I honestly have no idea how you will ever manage to top it.

A little enlightenment please. I purchased it, but haven't played a game with it yet. As far as the sandbox goes, how is this the best DLC ever? What changes can I look forward to? Thanks all.