I chose Researcher. I like the faster skill learning. Although it's a tough choice, they each have something really cool. The Warlord and the Researcher will pretty much rely on trade with the Trader for the rare ore. We just can't get it alone.

Trading is now a pretty important part of the game. As a Warlord you don't want to go destroying Traders, and hopefully we have given the Researcher enough defense abilities to counter a Warlord (Watch for Stealth Orbitals that will destroy you if you don't have cloaking tech).

Anyhow.. I went Researcher.. I like to play more passively. So Researcher or Trader were what I would pick, 50/50 if you ask me.

What did you choose?