Played DWU and noticed a difference in your recommendation.

In DWU, I only built a few SpacePorts and lots of Defensive bases because I heard that the private economy stockpiles production resources on planets that have SpacePorts.

The implication was that if you build too many Spaceports, the ...

<t> I'm sure this is a bridge too far, but a great interface for DW2 Ground attack would be in the interface used in the Steam game ICBM.<br/>
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Being able to simply zoom into the planet and interact with cities, ground and above ground forces, missiles and defenses would be amazing.<br/>
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Any thoughts about options of building planets tall?

Ex: Underground factories (population increase bonus), Mantle mining/waste recycling (resource recovery bonus), Deep underground bunkers (Infantry defense bonus)

<t> Not sure how the community would feel about this but, would the DEVs consider adding an API to allow a third party AI to play?<br/>
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AlphaStar learned by watching players play against one another and trying to predict the next move and then went on to play AI vs AI until it was unbeatable ...

To Unload troops: Select the Fleet or ship then hover over the planet at which you wish to unload troops.

The default action is unload. Just click. I have not found any other way to get that prompt.

<t> Not sure about pirates and smuggling income... but for Empires, 90% of income comes from taxes on colonies.<br/>
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Target large, very high quality planets (90% or higher) and get the population to max. Watch the GDP and corruption. Build regional capitols to squash corruption.<br/>
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Also... don't sabotage the constructor repairing the World Destroyer... quick way to destroy it..

Did that once..[8|]

<t> There's a bunch of art and variety coming out of the modding community. I think a little financial support there would go a long way.<br/>
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Moddable AI would give the fan base something to chew on.. just look at what mods can do to games like Civ4.<br/>
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Support for 64 bit memory ...

<r> Have you considered something like this?<br/>
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<t> Could we start with having PD fire at assualt shuttles? That would make my capture fleets less effective and potentially pirates as well. OTOH Once your shields are down, assualt shuttles may be the least of your worries.<br/>
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There are lots of ways to make missiles more interesting:<br ...

The Martian by Andy Weir

Puts the whole "colonization" technology into perspective.

This is a continuing problem. Need a way to abandon terrible colonies.

<t> A cyber warfare component would be nice.<br/>
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Think of "Person of Interest" (TV show) where omni-present computer network watch the population and provide abilities like:<br/>
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1. Tap other groups' sensor arrays<br/>
2. Give huge bonus' to ground troops.<br/>
3. Even disable ...

<t> Assuming you are talking about the facility "Criminal Network"<br/>
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Once it is completed, the colony in which it is built is flagged for the pirates.<br/>
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IOW: Pirate colonies are usually ex-empire colonies with a completed "Criminal Network".<br/>
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Finding them is as ...

<t> How about a ramping superstructure cost/materials that grows with the ship size?<br/>
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Maybe for each tech, the materials needed to build all ships changes to reflect better building techniques.<br/>
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The quantity of materials and cost for the superstructure would ramp up as the ...

<t> Looks like the pop-up message for taking some abandoned ships gets lost at times.<br/>
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This happens more when there are a bunch of fully repaired abandoned ships in one place.<br/>
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Anyway for message to stay up? or a way to trigger it again like Right-Click Investigate ship.<br ...

<t> Surrender option: When a ship is getting blasted, have option for crew to abandon ship leaving ship intact for attackers<br/>
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Introduces a bunch of new scenarios for pirates. Hostages. Using hostages to prevent attacks on Spaceports due to reputation hits. Options for Special forces to ...

<t> They likely "found" the capitals after an AI triggered them to pop into existence.<br/>
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I've had many times where I got a message about an abandoned ship only to be beaten to them and have to fight it instead.<br/>
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I am fighting clouds of pirates at the moment and it's a bit ...

<t> I have heard that there is a limit to the number of Construction Yards you can keep running efficiently even for large colonies, but I've never seen it.<br/>
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After building the SpaceYards wonder, I've seen my home colony blast through an order of 120 civilian ships building 12 at a time ...

They make great colonies for my spaceports. They speed up repairs and builds quite a bit.

and their little hunter units make great target practice when those colonies rebel.