<t> I have no problem with the AI wanting to upgrade. My problem is that when you turn off the AI then they will just sit dead in space and you can't get them to attack the world no matter what. Because of this, you absolutly have to have upgraded in order to attack a world, which I think is just si...

No. Pods are only needed for capturing worlds. A fully upgraded ship without pods can attack a world.

<t> 1. The blocking of incomming messages on the diplomacy screen- is this broken? It doesn't seem to work for me.<br/> <br/> 2. Sometimes when I try to send my ships to attack a world, they all seem to have a pressing need to upgrade first. If I override the return for upgrades option, then the shi...