Great game, but I can't help but feel that the planet rush is a game mechanic of yesteryear.

As 4X games have become more popular, this seems to be a more popular complaint.

Let's assume for a moment that you are correct and rapid exploration and expansion is poor gameplay. Given the other game ...

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Ashdar Imperials' colony ships moving to a destination with an ETA of 1 turn. I noticed this 1 turn move before, but this time the destination was a significant distance way. As I understand Stargates, this should not be possible yet. Doesn't the destination also require a built ...

Noticed that the Ashdar Imperials did not receive a research focus bonus under "scientist perks". All other races have such a focus.

Ashdar Colonials get Construction for example.

Not a complaint or negligence per se, but just an observation.

That said, I was surprised that Ashdar Imperials ...

I think graphical indicators should represent the numerical data that they are closely coupled with in the UX.
I believe that shading indicates population growth. That is, the shaded area fills up over the turns, and once it fills completely your population on that planet increases by +1.

Indeed ...

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New game. 500 stars and normal density.

Galaxy generation was somewhat slower than previous games, but not too long.

Actions seems to run at normal speeds -- ai turns, changing research, ship design, etc.

The noticeable lag is with the galaxy map, including panning ...

The interesting tension behind missiles (and torpedoes) in a modern context are their ability, at standoff, to produce a mission kill with something very close to a single hit. The counterbalances are target acquisition difficulty, the target's active protection (soft-kill/hard-kill countermeasures ...

Stellaris is on sale on Steam I think (33% off). Might be a good time to check it out.

Also, despite the woefully inadequate graphics and industrial UI, I would strongly recommend Distant Worlds Universe.

Good catch. This should be fixed in the next patch rollout. (Versions 18196+). Thanks again for all the detailed feedback. It's all good stuff to have, even when we don't have time to respond to everything.

Glad to help.

I would caution, however, that the list of potential industry resources is ...

What I would like to see is a way to rename ships/fleets, if I build a capital ship that costs 30 turns worth of production on a hive world and all of my minerals then I should be able to give her a fitting name.

Currently, you can give a ship a unique name by refitting the ship and changing the ...

That about covers my comments from my first game.

If you want some specific mechanic tested, let me know. Otherwise I'll wait for some significant changes like the technology tree updates.

I would run another game using the Humans, but I don't see much difference there beyond the starting ...

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Carrying Capacity

Consider including specific details about carrying capacity for each climate zone here. Used, total, etc. Outline how that climate zone data creates the "population" property already displayed -- like a balance sheet.

Overall, perhaps also consider some ...

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Ship Combat

It's a very simple system. So much so, I was actually ambivalent to whether the system was completely automated or not. If it is totally automated, you might avoid complaints about some lack of control issues and adversary's AI.

Movement and speed are stilted--the only ...

Race Description

I recommend all race descriptions show a character illustration above the text to help remind the player what race is being described. It is shown in other contexts.

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Pathfinding

Per the illustration, with the use of stargates, you may benefit from some pathfinding now that stargates are independent.

As with this case, the current path from Rasalgethi to Castor is 12 turns (ETA). However, the optimum path is the stargate link between ...

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Planetary Population

The system you designed for population and the different planetary sub-climates is very well done. I'm not sure the feature was fleshed out to its full potential, but most players (at first) are going to focus on ship building and combat for certain ...