I stopped playing my favorite race, the Iconians, when there always failed to be any aquatic/toxic worlds to colonize in the beggining of the game. So, I figured I'd move on to the Arceans since the super warrior ability looked pretty nice.
Has anyone used this ability extensively, and noticed a big difference in battles? Is the first strike useful in all battles, or only when you can kill the enemy in one shot? It seems like if it is the latter, then you would always win anyway, but the only benefit being you wouldn't take damage from the weaker defender. Also, does having this ability mean you should change your ship building style to full out weapons rather than a balanced approach with defense (assuming you find defense useful, as i have)? Perhaps the ability would also encounter the opponent use of full weapons but defenseless ships as well.
I haven't been able to really check how good this ability is since I don't have an environment where I can see the same ships attack with and without the super warrior bonus.