Everyone has their favourite race. I know it's not a good idea to start off this topic with such a blanket statement but I guess, in the majority of cases, this is true. Arguments can be made all day about one race being better than the other for various reasons but it seems that the Yor are very popular on this forum, largely due to their miniturisation, logistical and industrial bonuses and tech. Under 1.2 things are going to change.

Simultaneous combat will emphasise the need for balanced ships i.e. fewer all weapon/engine ships and more defences all round. The Yor will still be strong because the miniturisation allows extra hull space for more components. The Drengin can add fewer weapons to their ships and still outshoot any other race allowing defenses to fitted with room to spare. The Drath will be laughing, after all, if tactics becomes more defensive the value of that 50% defence bonus rockets.

The question is this, what happens to everyone else? the Humans certainly wont benefit, neither will the thalans, the torians or the iconians. Obviously effort was directed at balancing the races in version 1.0 so surely this update will ruin all that hard work unless some hefty bonuses are dished out to other civs.