anyway my first game with the new expansion has the game down to 6 races...
the altarians started massive with a huge tech lead and 2.5 times the population of the next nearest race...
rians
they and a galactic coalition go against the terrans and the humans level the altarians and did damn well for themselves.
I took out the weak drengin and the korx as always are swallowed by the terrans. The drath are the largest power to the east with the iconians having a minor empire.
the Thalons hold thier own against the terrans and swallow the remainder of the altarian empire and a portion of the former korx from the terrans.... they have a huge tech lead and 4 times the military of every other party... they are number 1 in every category and have the game by the balls...
the altarians have a small empire with 0 influence left... weird how they died so quickly with such superior tech.
in short...
Thalons dominating with huge lead. Terrans and Drath with considerable power... Korx die very fast and the drengin were a cakewalk.