On the Research...

I've posted dream lists before about how the trees should be more inter-connected...   Make there be Prerequisites that are outside the direct tech path.

Make the focuses actually a genuine focus that branches  so if I research say Faster Engines I might get "Plasma Conductor" as a child branch research that gives me a minor reduction in energy consumption (cheaper upkeep on manufacturing)...    

Currently it is too easy to get all the specializations via trading.   I think the specializations should honestly be less common in the tree but have way more depth and lock the other areas.


However....   in the short term,   why can't we borrow from GCII and split some of the major techs into Tech1 Tech2 Tech3?

So rather than getting Phasors and then directly being able to research Doom Ray...  why not have Phasor1 which is not as good as Phasor 2 which leads to Phasor 3 which is not really more powerful but is perhaps less expensive or smaller...?

It would be a simple way to lengthen the tech tree without simply making it more complex...

do you know, research project (economic project, and etcetera) now can not be canceled? (p.s. already fixed)

and second question - why are you come back a reminder about the construction on the base? There was a case when the constructor arrived, at last his turn got on base, and I could not finish the turn, because I was asked to build something (what I didn't need) and I could not fly with the base, so pity.

What would be nice is "projected" stats update. When "placing" a building you can mouse over it to see IT's stats, but would also like to see planet stats before I build. Possibly next to existing stats (or in mouse/hover). 

Is there any way you could make it so that we can queue something to be built on top of tiles we terraform, so that when I queue up a tile to be terraformed I can queue up what I want built on the new tile too.

My guess is that the bazaar guy already has Universal Translator, otherwise, how does he/she expect to do any business.

I'm noticing the AI overreact to influence now. I share no borders with the Altarians, but they are extremely upset because of my influence over them. 

Wanted this for a long time too.  I second this.

Me too.

Yep, that's what I thought, too. I guess it's less fun to get an acheivement for "Buy a Mercenary before You Have Universal Translator" as opposed to "Declare War Before You Have Universal Translator"...

He looks like a bit of a druggie, actually, so that explains how he knows so many languages - since drugs give you The Secrets Of The Universe apparantly...

If it comes to small wishes for one of the next updates I also have one: in the planet screen display the bonuses and penalties from planet properties (like "thin atmosphere" or "serene") and colonization events at a prominent place so that I can see at one glance for what the planet is suited best (apart from tiles).

If I have a lot of planets I can't remember those values and often have to hover with the mouse over "Manufacturing", "Research", "Net Income" and "Influence" and there search for the respective entries while hoping not to confuse them with entries that come from technologies and buildings, and then hover over the planet property if there is one to see which effects that has, to decide which buildings to erect next ...

And tech progression: yes, much too fast now. Isn't it possible to let the user enter a progression level manually at game start (e. g. as a percentage from "normal" progression with a range from 1% to, say, 300%)?

So quiet... 

Must be a storm coming.

There seems to be a further update, at least Steam is dl-ing something right now for me (already had the Dec5 one)

edit: ahh - seen the info in the 1.9 mega patch thread