Auto-upgrade doesn't upgrade components on your existing design, it'll instead just create new designs.

<t> I double my explorer's range early on, and it seems that they tend to prioritize going to new systems (presumably looking for ruins and independents), rather than fully exploring nearby systems. While I want some (probably most, actually) of them doing that, I typically have to grab a few and ...

You guys are pretty awesome. You know that, right?

<t> In my game, I've been building mega resupply ships with one or more of the devastator pulse weapons for attack ships, and leaving that off for defense (I don't completely trust the AI on firing that thing). They don't auto intercept like a "military" ship, but with only 20% of the space needed ...

Maybe gravity weapons could do damage to troops. Then they'd be good for temporarily stopping those transports and impacting the ground attack before it lands.

On a side note, is the tractor beam component info wrong by any chance? The normal one at higher tech levels looks like it would have zero power halfway through its max range.

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To all of the defenders of the current process watch the video again. I don't think Haree loses ONE transport in all of that mess.<br/>
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I'd rather see the AI switch targets to ...

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<QUOTE><s>[quote]</s>ORIGINAL: Cauldyth<br/>
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Maybe a combination of the following two things:<br/>
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1. Increase the attrition inflicted on troop ships by any defending ships and bases<br/>
2. Currently, whichever side has Space ...

<t> The in-game help suggests that standoff gets automatically replaced with "All weapons" if you don't have torps/missiles. Well, it just mentions torpedoes specifically, but I assume it means either. Regardless, I did not mean to suggest that a ship will move to a distance at which it is out of ...

<t> I believe standoff means that it will stick to missile/torpedo weapon range. All weapons would mean get in range to use all your weapons. Point blank means to essentially move on top of the other ship. Perhaps PB is used when you have weapons with a large drop in effectiveness due to range, or ...

It'll build monitoring stations.

<r> I used a ship with the super area weapon to attack a small pirate base. It pretty much instantly exploded. As part of that explosion, I got 6 valuable treasure notifications, and another 6 lost ship notifications for destroying the same base. It seemed like every civilian ship that blew up in ...

The only skill I've had problems with increasing is the counter espionage skill. The other ones I've gotten quite a bit of skill from due to actually doing things.

<r> <QUOTE><s>[quote]</s>ORIGINAL: Jndion<br/>
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Yes, I've experienced the same situation. I frequently save and load under certain identical circumstances, and find out that a 80% chance espionage task usually have a 80%-90% success rate when you conduct spy mission for the first time ...

Right click on it, and select that in the menu.

It was under 1.9.5.5, and after I opted into the beta and tested it, it appears that this has already been fixed with 1.9.5.6... and is specifically in the patch notes. Sorry for the bother.

<t> Ships with a character bonus to energy savings aren't getting their range calculated correctly. Even at full speed toward a target, the target may end up being unreachable w/o running out of fuel, when it was within apparent range before going into warp.<br/>
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uploaded: Vardis - energy ...

<r> I started builds of armored facilities at a large number of your planets, and found the same disparity in build times for those. Colonies such as Ilyseom 4 or Sulanos 4, with ~100% quality, a 5.7B population, and 135% culture finished when a similar planet with 1.1B population was at 25%. A new ...

<r> <QUOTE><s>[quote]</s>1. As far as i understand them mechanics, yes, academies are limited to colonies they built on<e>[/quote]</e></QUOTE>
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What does this mean? Isn't most of this stuff empire-wide? For instance, I seem to have a chance to get a new scientist when doing something that ...

<t> Save uploaded: Vardis - troop problems<br/>
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The Slukens at Ovadeu overthrew my rule after I'd just invaded them. Two of the three troops I had there are still being counted as there according to my troops screen, although they don't show up in the list of troops in the bottom left info ...