ANY weapon you put in a siege 3x slot on the dread star costs 2x the metal and 1.2x the power of the siege 1x slot on the super dreadnought, what's your point? I'm amazed it's not 3x in each column.

Yes, that’s one of the issues the dread star have. The visual effect of the dread star’s seige ...

but I still hope that the developers can fix this in the official version. I can’t understand why they didn’t do this in the recent update.
Because their "brokenness" is like, your opinion, man ( https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pWdd6_ZxX8c )

The stellar surge beam now cost 45 metal and 750 ...

This is actually related to the weapon type mismatch.

Dreadstars use:

Hardpoint 'MaskedBeamMounts' {
part_id={12,13},
mtype = "SuperHeavy",
},

vs

{mtype="Siege", n=5, mlocation=1,space=30},

for all other siege weapon users (Super Dreadnought, Orthin Dreadnought, Orthin gunship).
I have ...

This is actually related to the weapon type mismatch.

Dreadstars use:

Hardpoint 'MaskedBeamMounts' {
part_id={12,13},
mtype = "SuperHeavy",
},

vs

{mtype="Siege", n=5, mlocation=1,space=30},

for all other siege weapon users (Super Dreadnought, Orthin Dreadnought, Orthin gunship).
I have ...

The stellar surge beam now cost 45 metal and 750 energy on super dreadnaughts, while cost 90 metal and 900 energy on dread star. This is different from how it was before the update, but obviously still broken.
As siege weapons are broken, so does the dread star. The dread star still claim to have 6 ...

I modded the doomstar for you here:
https://drive.google.com/open?id=0By3Vbg9hczJhamdTR2MxS3h3bWc
To use this, right click your stars in shadow desktop link and choose open file location.
Open the folder called mods and place the entire downloaded folder directly into it.
To get rid of it, just ...

I hope that the dread star will be fixed in the patch coming along with the DLC.

Today I raided a priate base, boarded a ship and got the tech Dreadnaughts? This tech doesnt exist in my tech tree and apparently doesnt do anything. Is it some sort of 2 step way to get Super Dreadnaughts by taking it from the pirates instead of researching it?

Not all playable factions have ...

Its an end- game tech and unbalanced like planet building. Probably serves as an exotic for role-playing

If it was to be made stronger it runs the danger of putting off the existing balance for those who do not only play sandbox, but actually drag out the combat till late-game:
1. If it is ...

Unfortunately, I don't have a lot of experience with Dreadstars. I have only used them one or twice and by the time I got that far, the game was already over except for the crying so I really didn't have a chance to see any potential balance issues with them. They were just tagging along with my ...

which faction exactly have the anti fighter capability it takes to defend against fleet carriers effectively?
I would say, the ones that have good escort cruiser layouts: Ashdars and Gremak seem like a good fit
I mostly counter them though with simple destroyers (applicable for all races ...

Maybe imperialist trait means their AI is more likely to expand, and when it comes to diplomacy they like the faction with the strongest military power best.

But should they be? I mean, Fighters basically take a dedicated ship to field. Also, they are ‘on and off’ weapons…ie, they strike, then have to fly back to reload before going back out to strike again. In addition they are ‘one and done’ as well…ie, once you kill them off with PD/AMs, there is ...

But should they be? I mean, Fighters basically take a dedicated ship to field. Also, they are ‘on and off’ weapons…ie, they strike, then have to fly back to reload before going back out to strike again. In addition they are ‘one and done’ as well…ie, once you kill them off with PD/AMs, there is ...

There was actually discussion on Yoral Torpedo Cruiser being an OP design due to its torpedo loadout
There is also the Colonial and Yoral destroyers bringing 2 torpedoes to the field - en-mass, these torpedo boats are just as effective as bombers as they basically carry exactly the same offensive ...