Charybdis was the codename for the Vorastra!  The whirlpool is it's maw. 

Why's that funny?  I opened Notepad++ and loaded the .exe into it and did ctrl+F for those things.  True, when dealing with a binary file, you'll get mostly garbage when converted back to ASCII, but since it is likely that any hints would be stored as a string which is not going to get garbled when compiled.  As a result, a search really wasn't that strange of an idea.

Also, for the record, I have done this with 0.96 and I've still not found anything.

@MayallCommunion: The String for the Victory Tech is interesting...

@Volt_Cruelerz: Yes, they figure out Matter Replication, and they use it to "move on and escape the great enemy"

My point is that it is a hint. I think that the wording on it sorta rules out a natural phenomanon, and lends credence to the "Vasari unleashed super-nanites and couldn't control them" theory.

The Vasari rebels need a complete overhaul of their tech trees in order for them to be more suited for the lore of this faction. A others have stated enslaved labor is still available, and the descriptions for their culture tech need to be changed as well. Since the VRs are cooperating with the other races it is no longer acceptable to oppress the populations on their planets. Also I am kinda disappointed at the lack of new techs dealing with this new found cooperation, yes there are some awesome ones but I had thought there would be more. In general they just need a new "flavor" upgrade for this faction.

Is it me or are the Vasari titans kind of weaker compared to TEC and Advent titans, survivability and especially firepower wise? I could hardly kill much with the Vasari titan soloing fleets whereas with TEC/Advent titans they can hold their own very well.

I stick them up with a fleet, but i realize most of the dmg/kills are from the escorts and not the titan itself. Kinda leads me into thinking Vasari titans are more of a support role, not meant for decimating fleets, even if they are escorted with a fleet. With Vorastra going guerilla/hit and run tactics and Kultorask, i dunno what the hell i can do with it.

Another thing i realize is that their weapons are evenly spread out 360 around the titan(much like the Coronata titan), so i literally have to throw the titan into the thick of the battle to fully utilize all its weapons systems. Kinda gay when its squishy and has slow move speed(although Vorastra has teleport but i find myself using it shortly after dropping into the battle).

Sorry, im just your average player(a.k.a noob hahaha) so i cant find a suitable playstyle for Vasari titans... Bugs me a lot since i was really looking forward to Vasari, now it feels lackluster...

One of the strange thing is the Vasari Rebels. They now got a major phase missile damage update tech.

Though the importance of phase missile is weakened (if I'm correct, fighters in Diplomacy were still using phase missiles), but giving such a major update will only encourage players to build more bombers IMO.

I haven't gotten around to the Loyalists yet, still playing around with the Rebellions (and seeing what the opponent factions are like)...All I know right now is that Corvettes are fun, they're like little flies buzzing about in battle.

And I just got the Starbase mobilization research in my game...I KNOW I'm gonna enjoy that. Probably add that to my reasons why I love the Vasari in the first place. Others being Wreckage Auto-Salvage and Reintegration. (I know I'm probably missing another one)

Played a couple games with both.  Here's what I've found:

Rebels: The moving starbases being totally OP aside, their titan is very strong and they have some decent techs for multiplayer games.  They also get a huge late game phase missile damage bonus as well as shields on par with Advent.  Their unique techs don't push them into any particular strategy like some of the new factions do, so you just have the power of Visari backed by some strong new bonuses.

Loyalists: They...didn't think Strip to the core out very well.  Push button, receive tons of money!  It's not like you have to give all your planets up, you can do it to worlds you really didn't plan on keeping anyhow.  They get a huge eco boost from cap ships as well, seeing as they will eventually have the equivalent of two trade ports and four labs on them for free.  That's 24 logistical slots per cap of free stuff.  Economy still not good enough?  Okay late game we get tons of free ships and caps at the push of a button.  I do like how they've tried to push their other weapon types with the loyalists though.  Their titan is the worst at the moment, hands down.  Just has no firepower.

Summary for this patch: Shock and awe, Visari is stupidly OP.  All experienced players saw this coming a mile away.  And the game is released in three weeks.  Ironclad has some serious work ahead of them.

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I played around whit the loyalist and I feel like I need to keep planets for diplamacy and artifacts, kinda ruins the point of going mobile when you have to run back to defend your own planets.

I just do comp stomps so hard to say how things are against players but I like it alot so far, appart from thoes 2 things.

That is good to know I was holding onto a planet because I didn't want to lose the artifact lol.

Idk.  I'm just repeating here what someone else said.  Apparently they did keep it.  Idk.