New build is pretty damn great. Finally able to settle in with it. Will it be feature complete by EA? Any concerns with other competition coming out this next month? All of the major features should be in at Early Access, but there will still be a lot of content to add (much of it in terms of the d...

If population becomes discontent, you can't move them or load them up on transports (or use them as militia). The Gaiads and Scavengers are always discontent.

I get the same error, I've sent the error information to Sven.

We have a lot of changes in this patch, there are going to be a few bumps.

Certainly a good point.

As long as I'm asking questions, I'm curious to hear what the tech tree flavor for 'Market Theory' and 'Bionomics' is planned to be, and looking forward to help text for markets and trade capacity being added to the game. I'll let you know as soon as I figure it out. :D I need to fill in the missin...

The Yoral are organized into regional clans, the chieftains of which may or may not be hereditary (according to differing local customs). The Khagan is the chieftain of chieftains, chosen by the council of clan heads. The title is not strictly hereditary, but a Khagan's offspring will often be top c...

Production is generated by population and factories. In the planet screen, you can click on a population icon to see what that race's yield is (it's usually 2 per pop), and you can click on a factory to see a detailed breakdown of the planet's production and how much each factory yields. (You can al...

Glad you like them!

We're moving slowly, but surely. :D Normally the Marauders were unbeatable and had the largest fleet at the end game. Yes, that was a little bit silly and unintended. Still hoping for a drop down on the refit ship screen and the ability to select an alternate equivalent ship design rather than manua...

There will be AoE weapons.

Fighters are actually a little bit easier to balance than missiles. Missiles attack once and are destroyed, but fighters ideally survive to make multiple attacks, so you can increase their survivability and overall effectiveness without necessarily making them one-shot-one-kill monsters. Right now e...

Wouldn't this negate the defense bonuses the armor/troops have against bombardment or is this a way of beating a planet without bothering with invasion? If you have sufficient firepower, you can "glass the planet" and remove the settlement on it. This doesn't give you control of the plane...

The current race-specific weapons (Flak cannon, Viper, Distortion Fields, Beam artillery, Shield Capacitors, etc.) in the game are mostly placeholders; we will more fully implement them before release.

We won't be adding any Outsider ships or weapon systems. At least, not for the initial release.

The plan is to give fighters additional avoidance to help improve their survivability, in addition to other balance changes. Right now they're not very viable.

You're welcome! More to come.