I am on the fence as well. I am waiting for more modding options. Will they be in the expansion, or will modding abilities be made available in a patch?

<t> I waded through this thread and could not find a mid to late game invasion event (like the Borg from Birth of the Federation or the Antarans from MoO2/3). Apologies if this was already wished for. I was also wondering if DW has the racial traits of assimilation (Borg) and eating population ...