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Another small note: If the AI starts as Eaxaw, it doesn't realize it can make Mark VII's from the get-go and will still research the weaker weapon techs and subsequently produce weaker ships (Lynx-2, Lynx-3, etc.).

In a recent playtest (typical difficulty, v5767), one of the AIs was spamming single "basic troopers" into a system with a sentry and a native planet. The sentry never took damage, and so far the AI had lost at least 4 ships. I haven't tested with more aggressive AIs yet. As of 5763, the a...

That gave me an idea of decreasing a species allegiance towards an empire for each ship crewed by the species and owned by the empire that is lost

I wonder if this can relate to the happiness mechanic.

Protection Focus should be shifted to a combination of flat boost and multiplier I also agree. So right now, Protection Focus doubles the 3 planetary combat meters. What if for shields, defense, and troops it were 2*base+10, 2*base+5, and 2*base+2 I'm not sure what 'base' represents. Say I had 100 ...

My current thinking is that the other ship lines need love before we nerf organics.

Definitely.

This idea is inspired by the Eaxaw, which has ultimate weapons, and I thought: "Why couldn't we have species with good/bad defenses?" It could work similar to the ground troop modifiers. What do you guys think?

I have sometimes sent a scout on Aggressive to a planet with a hovering monster, just to trigger a battle to allow the planet to defend itself (it works even though the scout can't attack). This is the cumbersome part about triggering planetary battles. Why not just have the planet take the initiat...

Planets don't always seem to actively defend themselves against space monsters when there are no friendly ships in the system, regardless if their supply is being interrupted by said monsters. It can get frustrating when one would have to leave some ships behind just to get rid of them; the monsters...

Outposts: Given the fact that they don't provide much of value by themselves (besides extending your supply network), they currently are ridiculously expensive to set up [......] , each outpost contributes to the cost increase for new colonies/outposts the same way a full blown colony does. That's ...

Sometimes, when a ship finds a detection range derelict, and then moves to an adjacent system, certains parts of the map a bit further out show up (albeit still scanlined). I think the temporary derelict effect isn't being removed at the right timing. Revision 5725, which updated nacent art. intelli...

The new nacent art. intelligence feels quite OP. It essentially gives all planets an automatic research focus, and also is worth the equivalent of algorithmic elegance and distributed thought computing combined. It's possible to survive with all planets focused to industry, which sort of takes some ...

This is very interesting! I like it a lot! Will there be just one species or a couple of rare ones that get unlocked at random? 1. Should there be a new tech that unlocks the building (Xenopaleontology) or should the building be unlocked by Xenoarchaeology? I think there should be a new tech, otherw...

"Need"? "Helpful?" I can see how it might be fun, but not useful. For me, it would be helpful because I'd want to know how well my fleets are doing, especially after I reload a saved game. It's hard to keep track of every fleet that I might have, and it can help me plan out what...

Can't tell difficulty of AI opponents. Would it be possible to have a mouse-over window that shows AI difficulty in the empire window, or have a "show difficulty" option in the right click drop list for AI empires? An exobot ship was hoving over an asteroid belt (where the AI had an outpo...

I think linear growth is fine for the time being, mainly because industry growth isn't exactly linear, so colony ships later in the game would proportionately be cheaper (it'll require a smaller % of the empire's industry). Later in the game, new colonies may have additional implied "upkeep cos...