Desmond Destructo

The Thalans are probably fine as they are now. They are not defenseless early game, even without factories or laboratories. Their hyperion matrix allows for a great colonization rush, and can easily produce early military ships. Also, their lack of need for social production in the colonization rush allows better military spending, further improving their colonization ability, and research spending, limiting the weakness of their initially distant factories and laboratories. I wholeheartedly agr

I don't agree that the Thalans should never use embassies, but it would be better if other strategies were more easily balanced with the pink blob of doom. As it is when I play with the Thalans they seem to be forced to use either laboratories or factories, which is more awkward than anything else. Making one or two super-planets on small maps is fun, but I don't like it that an entire civilization is so inflexible. Although it is probably too late to adjust for these changes, any balance that w

[quote]This topic again? You may wish to check out an old post of mine then.WWW Link[/quote] Oh, thanks. I didn't know about that thread.

Super Philosopher: A race with super philosopher is capable of changing their ethical alignment at any time for a price. (perhaps they could also start out with Xeno Ethics set to their default alignment) Super Production: A race with Super Production can basically set their production slider to over 100%, or perhaps has a higher threshold so that 100% means more. Either way, they are capable of higher output at higher cost. Super Conquerer: When capturing an enemy planet(wheth

I had some ideas for these as well when I was designing custom races in Dark Avatar. Most of all I really wish that you could design your own super abilities and use them in the custom races editor, but oh well. Super Philosopher: A race with super philosopher is capable of changing their ethical alignment at any time for a price. (perhaps they could also start out with Xeno Ethics set to their default alignment) Super Production: A race with Super Production can basi