3) Thalans, Drath AND Terrans all grab a few systems, then stop colonizing, and seem to stop researching, too. I've started calling them the Axis of Speedbumps.

nod nod

I'd like to be able to choose to build obsolete buildings if I wanted to.

I think it'd add some more depth and strategy to the game, and to planet management in particular.

I know StarDock would have to find a good to let the AI use it effectively, but Brad's pretty good at figuring stuff like that out, I'm confident he could do it well.

Up until they made the mod

I take it you mean when they released the game? Because that's how long I've been doing major mods. (Major meaning Dialogue, tech, and race)

To the op:

1) Agree.

2) Exploit your ******* bonuses you insectoid gimps! Gah!
Although when you can select the behaviour of the AI, this might improve (telling the AI to play to it's strengths more often can only be a good thing)

3) I personally don't have this problem, except when I make it obvious I'm going to invade. Normally there's nothing at all wrong, but they do seem to make their planets worthless before an invasion

4) Try modding the value for soldiering higher. I like the AI exploiting my weaknesses and blocking my strengths. Higher soldiering, high economy, and multiple defences would seriously slow me down.

5) It originally did, but that meant it tried to research a LOT of weapons. It calculates whether it's worth sticking to their weapon v the worst enemies defences, and if it thinks it is it will stay with the weapon.

6) I don't use the governers myself, so won't comment here.

1. I wish to reiterate on my own post and tell more of what I would like in this game as way of technology, I hate the fact that I never get to the doom ray gun because I have already wasted to many hours just tryng to get the dang gravitation weapon that is how I always win this game, so I would mod but it takes too long to go through all that mess so I don't even bother, so Im left with misery!! hehe (by the way Im even talking huge universes here, I mean you think Id have it by the time I destroy the galaxy but things take to long to research in my opinion, when they should be faster like the post above said when you build one building you should be gaining extra!!

2. I hate the fact that you can't even understand what technologies it requires to get further into space it took me forever to figure that stinkin mess out. The guides with this game aren't very good. I'm hoping for a future "right click" scenario or menu to the side to explain things better on everything, especially on stuff like what the heck is a chaos map?!

3. Speaking of the AI or maybe just game concepts, I hate the fact that you can build these lamo space stations with constructers anywhere..I don't beleive that should be possible, in every game I play the computer has got hundreds of them. It will place them even in your empire, yet when I play it I only look to put them on the ones that show up in space like morale or influence. I guess I just don't understand how you can place these things without those resources first out in space.


4. I want better espionage, I beleieve above all other stuff this would enhance the game signifacantly. Don't get me wrong the game is still fun its just repetative, that's the biggest fault in the game, not a whole lot of changes from medium to gigantic that I have noticed, maybe a little harder on harder modes....any ways those are my burners, whats yours..?