when you scrap them the people inside just disappear I think; scrapping will give a technology boost but you're better off using them to colonize.

great ideas! it makes much sense...

<t> thanks for the input, maybe I've just gotten too familiar with the AI behavour...<br/>
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I started a game with the development slider two further notches to the right, so all the alien races started out with 5-15ish planets and I with one along with a tech and fleet disadvantage. It was ...

<t> -I've noticed that resort bases are still very important to a healthy economy. In my first game with the new patch they made a huge difference in my economy. I built 2 in good but not great scenic locations (in the 40-50% range, there were no fancy black holes in the neighbourhood) and they ...

<t> haven't got a savegame on hand to show it but so far I've seen a small spaceport (standard design) that had just been finished (4 components unbuilt as the attack began, but it was powering up shields as the pirate ship came in range) refusing to fire on a pirate ship.<br/>
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I also ...

Is the AI's tax policy improved in these patches? In 1.0.4.9 and before I can get negative income that could be solved by the AI cranking up taxes.

it is a good feature, but what's missing is good supply ships who can carry fuel with them, the way it is now doesn't make much sense

<t> I would prefer that, other factors like resources equal, the AI prefers to send out colony ships to planets located further away. In a competitive environment it makes more sense to expand outward first then fill in the gaps later, especially when the AI is reluctant to colonize in your existing ...

compared to many other strategy games this game was already really good at the time of release, but I can see why people would hold back their purchase until it gets further and further polished

even when holding back the military AI of this game is totally laughable really

<t> I found sins of a solar empire to be boring, don't know about the expansions though<br/>
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distant worlds is more interesting for me with its more complex economics, but unfortunatly the strategic AI is moronic which for me ruins the military aspect of the game, the only question is how ...

<t> lol, seriously? who would complain about them running away... unless the monster in question is like inches away from death or something<br/>
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not only do they often get clobbered by the monsters they are chasing, they also waste valuable time that could be spent on transporting goods, I ...

has anyone else noticed that in the latest update your cargo ships start chasing and attacking the wildlife, or at least try to do so? not the brightest of captaining there since these civilian ships have no hopes of winning against those buggers [&:]

best is to invade them all at once idd, there shouldn't be cultural revolutions when you're at war with the race; in fact sufficient troops on the planet should stop revolutions too

<t> the range is not that huge really, in my games I tend to get a cluster of planets and then there is a big void of nothingness or useless stars (not much in the way of fuel) then there's some more interesting planets after that; it is often quite a logistical feat to have my ships arrive with ...

so just to be clear the number is the number of money you're getting from trading AND a FTA will increase this money by x%?

hearts of iron 3 was all but unplayable upon release and is still pretty crappy after almost a year and 4 patches, compared to that DW is pretty good already

<t> In my initial games with standard settings the diplomatic AI of competing empires was pretty passive (really never did declare war by itself) so I set the AI to more agressive and true enough enemy empires do declare war more often on their own accord. So that part of the diplomatic AI seems ...