Arioch wrote:But I'm also not sure how useful that information would be. The max pop calculation doesn't penalize you for having sub-optimal races in the mix.

One of my pops unexpectedly suffering from overcrowding seems like enough of a penalty to me.

Arioch wrote:Max population is subjective to population type, so any display of max population by definition has to take this into account.

But the maximum for one pop type can go down, even if the overall maximum goes up - having a more detailed preview than currently would be useful.

The Glacier type is not closely related to the Ocean and Iceball types. A Glacier is essentially just a colder Garden. An Ocean world is distinctly different from an Island world; an Island world is essentially a warmer Garden world with deeper oceans but still a relatively thin layer of surface wa...

viscid spore torpedo That's the evilest thing I can possibly imagine. :twisted: A 'moderately' successful containment via pop drop. https://i.imgur.com/h6CdroS.png It's the only way I've found so far of not being overrun: Ignore it until you can flood the place with your own pops. The most effectiv...

-when an enemy fleet arrives at one of my planets though, is when things get weird: I have a planet with planetary defenses and a star base (the armed and armored space station). I also have moved my own fleet so that it arrives at the attacked system the same turn that the enemy does. The message ...

gaerzi wrote:I think I managed to get smaller population number than that but from capturing a planet after some bombings. Might be misremembering, though.

I've seen that as well.

As a side note, the assault shuttles that the "command cruisers" come with are awesome... or would be, if they didn't constantly get shot down immediately by PD (even at "ramming" distance). Sounds like you're not getting quite close enough - when you're actually in contact with...

I noticed that LR and FL mods appear not to do anything when applied to PD weapons (other than increase cost and power use).
Am I seeing things, or is there a bug there?

As for the name, "Ephelos" is the name of one of the varieties of helichrysum , aka "everlasting" flowers. Yes, but what does it actually mean? After some digging, it appears to mean "freckled", from Greek ἔφηλις (Ephelis), which is itself derived from ἐπί (epi) and, i...

You might be on to something there...

Hmm, what does Ephelos mean?
It looks like it's derived from Helios, the Greek sun god... or, as the Romans called him: Sol.

The reason I'm putting this here is because of the first system they're offering as a peace token: Sabik, their homeworld. Now from a purely mechanical perspective, it does make sense that they would prefer to lose this world (12 pops on Sabik and 2 on Osada, Nagh not colonized) over another also c...

Yes, on one hand, it'd make the game much more convenient, but on the other hand, it'd need an even higher level of sci-fi tech than what's available in game - if it is something that can be done at all, this is. It might be fun to try it once, though... :roll: I'm confused - Planet Construction ha...

Returning a conquered planet produced the message "Error Report: This is a bug"
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I noticed another strange behaviour - apparently different hulls with the same default name share build progress as if they were the same hull. That's intended. If you're working on an Ashdar scout, for example, and you want to switch it to a light cruiser, you get credit for the work done one the ...

I noticed another strange behaviour - apparently different hulls with the same default name share build progress as if they were the same hull.