by ghbell
Right, so defensively, they have an advantage for a turn or 2 but cannot ever stack Starbases. Thus, they are at a big defensive disadvantage in the long run as they cannot effectively bottleneck like all of the other races can.Of course there is no guarantee of starbases, but they almost always come up.
There are thread up threads about the orbitals almost always being the worst materials choice, and so the Exiles have to pay more for it, and sacrifice one of the better defensive units as well.
I need to play it more, but in a 2 or 3 player game they are weak it seems.