thegrinner

Mine gives me the same problem, but occasionally, instead of blanks, it gives symbols/numbers to replace letters and letters to replace numbers (ex. Invasion, end soldier count is A to AEE). I also have a flickering effect with the stars, and occassionally the textures for planets or stars will start to look like TV static (not animated). I dunno if yours (Citizen VillageBC) does that too, but it sounds like it at least does part.

Switching in mid-game can sometimes actually be incredibly useful, say, if your opponent only has beam defenses since that's all you use. By switiching to missiles, you bypass the majority of those defences. You culd possibly turn a war in your favor, or not. I focus on one area in specific (usually lasers) but have the others upgraded occasionally too. They're useful for trading, and for that extra, defense bypassing oomph.

I live for Chaos! Iron Warriors will pwn you. Got it? Anyway, a battlefleet gothic mod would be really fun. Not sure how it would actually work though...