Warp drive sucks

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Wormhole is pretty amazing, once you get the upgrades you don't even need that many stations to get all the way across the galaxy.

The only downside is that sometimes you need to build stations in enemy territory to reach all their planets, which forces you to defend it whilst the war rages on.

 

[GAGA Extrem]

All the FTL types are pretty viable.

Warp is great early on due it's flexibility and quite adaptive against different types of enemies. The lack of speed makes it problematic during the later stage of the game, though.

Wormholes are great if you have set up your stations, but early game exploration and expansion is a PITA. They also suck at intercepting hostile fleets and are vulnerable to sneak attacks that blow up the stations. The fact that they don't need a drive gives Wormhole ships higher energy efficiency.

Hyperlane has amazing speed when going from A to B, but it lacks flexibility and can be blocked off quite easily, especially on small or densly populated maps. Dealing with enemies that have Hyperlane Mapping can be very frustrating. Also the Hyperdrive uses quite a bit of Energy.