Thanks to Abraxis, I've now been spending all of my gaming time on the little gem that is Aurora.
By far the most complicated 4X I've had the pleasure of playing, yet everything you do in that game feels so very rewarding.
I highly recommend it.

17, it seems I may be the youngest?

One item is yet to be mentioned. The new main menu music is very nice

In relation to the new ground combat mechanics, can we expect any new content to be patched in to Legends after release?
I really don't like the sound of waiting for an entire new expansion.

I like this creature as well. The back story is great, and I can see this creature as being more of an interesting challenge then the usual creature.

These creatures sound great, i can picture what it would be like fighting a space leach that has been feeding from the begging of the game and survived to the late game.

"ice colonies can usually avoid natural disasters"

Natural disasters, yet another new feature!

To say i am getting excited for this expansion, would be an understatement.

<t> A few things i look for in a 4X game, off the top of my head would be.<br/>
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No two galaxy's play out the same, I really enjoy seeing a game unfolding in a completely different way to the previous galaxy i played.<br/>
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Wow moments, Playing a game with a randomly generated Galaxy ...

This expansion will truly make an already great game, into something incredible.

These 'phased beam' weapons sound like they might just be the much requested, solid laser like weapon that stays in one beam from the weapon to the target, YAY!

With every post by Erik, more items are ticked off the wishlist.

But I must ask, will we be seeing new weapons systems e.g mass drivers?

Nice never had a pre-made bundle before, sounds good.

That may have just been the best forum post i have ever read

By the way Ashbery, what cooler are you using, because that is quiet a nice overclock you have there?

Perhaps if only the generic ones were added in the beginning, more could simply be patched in over time?

Interesting i just happened to be looking at that exact news page about the "Diamond planet" right before i came to this post?

But perhaps if it were to be implemented into the game it would have a high scenery rating.

And to think that some people, not naming any names, disapprove of OT discussions.

Welcome to the forum!

On the subject of terrorism being an issue, I could see the space elevator&nbsp;as being very heavily guarded by the military. I doubt that such a large investment would go unprotected enough to be sabotaged by anything but a nuclear weapon.

<t> It does definitely seem that with further development of carbon nano-tubes that a space elevator will be the way of the future. <br/>
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On topic however, perhaps a space elevator structure could be added to the game. it could possibly give some colony development bonuses and could decrease ...

Wow that spam link features some of the greatest "Engrish" i have ever read.
But on a serious note its time to drop the ban-hammer.

ORIGINAL: Data

Men in the Black would sound like a quote from Firefly [:)]

I'm noticing a trend with smileys.[:)]