Yep, operations really add a lot in making this game unique. At first I was wary about all the nukes that would inevitably fly around, but once I got over the fact that this isn't SMAC and that individual cities aren't individually valuable (I might get pissed that my size 30 city got razed to the g...

Removing upkeep completely would probably make pet aliens overpowered, but they are likely too costly right now. The aspidoch has a 16(!) credit upkeep which definitely seems unreasonable. If you get good at capturing aliens, though, they essentially become a free source of heavily upgraded tanks/j...

I think pheropods could be improved by removing credit upkeep for alien units, seeing as there's a limit you can have anyways. Would make capturing aliens a more viable strategy to keep military up even with a weaker economy.

+1 to force field idea, or at least some kind of deployable defense against operations. I've got at least a dozen, operations are one of the most versatile features of the game. Alien Spores - Creates/upgrades hive on empty, unimproved tile (no farms or mines, forests okay, fungus spawns hive at inc...

Eh, I've definitely managed to piss off friends and allies without ever doing anything to them directly. In the game I'm playing as Noxium, Solar Dynasty and I were both declared war on by Divine Ascendency. SD and I had pretty close borders, and DA was on the opposite side of my territory. This was...

It seemed the AI tends to get more aggressive in the mid/late game once your borders start limiting their expansion. I've only played a couple all the way through though.

I think Togra, and the AI in general, would be better balanced if they took a higher priority on finding ruins. When I've played it seems I have no problem taking a majority of the ruins, even around the territory of the other factions. It's worse for Togra, because the only real value of the free s...

I would be cool if the names changed automatically when you refit something into a different type though. Maybe it could be set to keep the name if it was changed after creation, so you can track specific units, if you like.

There may have been an error with his installation. He's saying that the folder did not exist. He's reinstalling now, I'll be sure to keep you informed.

I think you can do this. Pretty sure I've done it in game, actually. Try clicking on the unit's name in the lower right hand side of the screen.

I think I like it better this way; the fact that it's full random means you have to make those kinds of decisions. You can't start the game with a set upon strategy for what to research, or even what tree to research. It forces you to plan out short term goals rather than go for a completely optimiz...

I support 1 & 2, as I thought this was the whole point of making an alliance. What does allying do, if not that? I actually prefer that there is no tech trading in this game, as the AI never really understands this tactic and generally falls behind because of it. 4 I'll support, as the AI will g...

This can indeed represent a sphere, read carefully: Imagine taking a balloon and poking a hole in it (without loosing air, though it's pretty irrelevant). Then without any more ripping , stretch that hole larger and larger and larger and larger and larger and larger such that the rest of the balloo...

Was going to say the same thing. Here are my logs, my friend hasn't gotten back to me yet.

Was the decision to make the map connect E-W and N-S a design choice, or was it an accident? I don't think that the current map wrap could possibly form the shape of a sphere. Are you planning on adding options to let us disconnect the north and south edges, because it's a little disorienting.

I'm also having connection problems. I've tried with my ports forwarded and unforwarded, or I think I have. My router is quite old.

How do I get those logs for you?