As with every game , once you get all the game details even HARD is relatively very easy. I play only on HARD from many years now. I wonder what will be when I start playing real AI that changes styles and strategies much like a human would.

Glad forum is back. This gives me hope for the New DLC. Still replaying the game every year or so and it is the best Space strategy created to this day. I asked Grok and he put it on 7th place of all time space strategy games, but I do disagree having played those 6 games that came before it. Sure ...

Hey any news on the NEW DLC release date. I hope is in 2023 - the money I reserved for that DLC are eaten by inflation

I find myself lately more than before going to Orbital construction to double science labs in orbit, then I go for Boarding tactics - Low Orbit Refitting and Xenoengineering. I find always around me human pirates playing on brutal with extreme pirating. Those pirate ships I take over. I am extremely ...

I agree Gremak need a special playstyle to enjoy it but thats the beauty of it. However I totally disagree on Humans. Vanilla Humans (no mods) is for sure the strongest faction in the game. Mind you I play always on the hardest difficulty. Reason for that is the fact that you have the strongest and ...

In their current form NFTs are exactly what you said.That is why I suggested it - to see a work of a true digital artist offered and not scams. If you dont like NFTs maybe you can offer to Patreon supporters their very own planets :). It will be so cool to see some unique worlds out there( sponsored ...

While waiting impatiently for the new DLC and being a huge fan of Ariochs artworks I suggest maybe to think about NFT's connected to the new DLC. For example maybe unique planets with their own appearance and specifics and terraform sequences that can be bought by rich people as NFT( non-fungible ...

kind of slightly disagree with you :)
1. Ion Guns
I do use Ion PD mid game - depends on adversary and its tech. For a PD against all rocket adversary is good and cheap> antimissles are surely better but they do dry up in a longer battle against a larger opponent army

2. Asteroid Base , yeah ...

the adjective meaning as you described is there in the Hitchhiker's guide
the noun etymology however seems an addition as we all know the HGttG is the ultimate knowledge base of the Galaxy.
Maybe you've only checked Encyclopedia Galactica where only the adjective meaning is listed.
I quote the ...

Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy

Arda Seed Persuasion Matrix
device: a device gifted from mysterious Arda Seed race. Used for persuading old or ugly forms of life to like you. Device is gelly and yellowish. You need a plastic bag or bowl to transport it.

hmmm...

to resolve your argument we can check the Encyclopedia :D

Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy

viscid /ˈvɪsɪd/
adj: having a glutinous or sticky consistency
noun: yellow blobby proto-intelligent species from planet Visteon. Vis - comes from vision and Cid - comes from cytoplasm . In general they ...

The Gardeners Research Notes on planet Visteon

... seems populated with class 3 life only, no intelligent species for uplifting ...
--- today our food and supplies audit found large quantities missing, investigation started in all research bases...
--- colonists seem fond of a local yellow blob ...

For those who want to try my first game themselves. I attach the first turn savefile
https://drive.google.com/open?id=190B0f ... vIS1O0pRAw

And a proof I beat it just before settling the juicy and central Toliman system and Phidi joining.

Play as the humans, with all factions present, and only 8 star systems. :P

But that is a piece of cake gaerzi. With humans I can choose which planet to take immediately with my Heavy Cruiser and 7 mobile populations. I think Phidi will fall immediately because Seralta has the coin boost plus ...

OK, I will play on Ellipse 88 stars. I would suggest for future DLC to be made 3 changes to the AI for better challenge:

1. When sending Colonies or Outposts sometimes accompany them with a fleet so that you can settle no matter the star is protected
2. Sometimes make the AI add Warp extensions to ...