so the ONLY drawback is invasion costs and timer... what about those who dont steal.. theres ZERO drawback for those people

Let me make that generic for you.

So the ONLY drawback is (insert drawback here)? What about those who don't (insert method which drawback affects).. there's ZERO drawback for those people.

Otherwise known as, you couldn't possibly put on drawbacks which would cause problems for everybody. It would make the race useless. So I'll have to disagree with you on that one.

Also, I believe that no matter who you are, you'll eventually have to steal something.

And by the way, if you read just a little further down, you'll notice there are more drawbacks...

3-5x upkeep anyone? Maybe x2, but any more would destory the use of the race.
2x increased all timers (invade/hack/raid/repair/trade/share) anyone? +1 but would have to remove other debuffes.
increased chance to BE crit hacked/raided anyone? -1, i dont want me 5x+ planets being hacked.

oh yeah, there could be drawbacks that affect everyone... And they don't have to be completely disabling.
And no, not everyone really steals, you can buy planets if you are rich enough. And the best planets usually can only be bought and not stolen due to super-cloak tactic.

Guys!!! You just GOT a new race. Give it a break, OK?

Lazuli Lazuli anyone?

How about just a hybrid that lets you pick 2 races and get 40% from each one.
Example
Inergon/Konqul
4% bonus to energy
8% bonus to attack

If a planet enhancing race is used extend the timer to 56 hours.
Drannik/Taltherian
urbanize with a 56 hour cooldown
16% bonus to npc attack

Nice idea, personally i would like more power as other players would easily out match this new race.

Konqul Fixer, 20% attack + 50% fixer. Vs

Konqul, Konqul @ 40%.
8 + 8 %= 16%. Very underpowered....

JF

It would be 1.08^2-1 probably (as per current lazuli fixer forumla) 16.64%
In any case, the beauty of this kind of choice would be a player selectable combination, so net power wise I agree it should be below that of a pure race. Thou I'm willing to go to 45%.

Lets say you did litheor + talth, does that mean you wait like that average of the time (10+40)÷2=20h and when you use the ability it would be a spabe probe and a urbanise, so if the planet is 15x megarich arti, you cnat put a probe on it? Or that it has 2 probes on it from two earlier ability uses, does that mean you cant urbanise because you cant put the probe on, or would it be two separate abilites

I was hoping for the Korat

True but to stand against many PVP races out there already, shouldn't it be atleast 75% of the skill.

Konqul, Fixer 20% attack, 30% hull.

Konqul, Konqul @ 75% = 15 + 15 = 30% attack.

I personally think it should be 85 maybe 90.

JF

I think there is a misunderstanding.
What tree and I are talking about is a combinational bonus race WITHOUT a penalty, so that the overall TOTAL boost is less than that of a pure race.

On the other hand, if it have two boosts that are EACH weaker than that of pure but combine to be stronger than a pure race(as your konqul-konqul example have shown), then it would require a penalty as its stronger than any existing race. possible penalty option being already discussed to some extend. (On a side note, you would be surprised at how much CR some players pull in.... 3-5x upkeep wont make it useless, just high-end content)

Of course, an alternative would be making this combination a replacement for racial-class(which you seem to compare to), meaning that two race=no class. In that case it could also work with 75%. Specifically, Lazuli-Lazuli would be 89.0625% boost to hull while Lazuli Fixer will have 95% so it shouldn't be OP from a raw value comparison(thou there could be some rather powerful combo instead of a profession)

And again, % bonuses are NOT additive.