Thanks for your quick answer. I don't suppose this is a "bug", it's rather a design decision. I just personally think that smoother animations of that bonus lines would make the graphics feel even better.
The asteroid support lines in DA and TA show the direction in which the bonus goes (from an asteroid field to a planet). It seems that this animations are only updated three times a second. The result looks stuttering or stroboscopic, especially when you zoom in. In fact, it makes me dizzy to watch those animations for a longer peroid of time. I found out that ist ist possible to turn off those bonus routes in the display options. Is it possible to keep the lines, but to switch
It is true that the "normal" level seems very hard at the beginning. On the other hand, it can be quite easy, once you start designing your own ships. Here is a strategy I found useful at with small maps at "normal" level: - Specialize your homeworld to trade and built some Trade Centers. This allows to buy a lot of useful things each turn . - Design your own fast explorers and colony ships. Remember that you can build in multiple
