Suggestion for rufugee fleet and SR

[Xmudder]

Would it be possible to play as a refugee fleet in the age of shadows? I think that would make some good gameplay. The pirate start doesn't appeal to me because I like colonizing planets, so mixing age of shadows with the refugee fleet start sounds like a interesting combination.

edit: playing as a refugee fleet, the increased cost of protection rackets makes the game unplayable. Needs to scale to actual income or number of planets.

[Xmudder]

On further playthoughs of Refugee fleet, I think there is a financial balance issue, most likely going back to the financial balance pass for normal empires. Not sure how to address it, particularly given the new financial balance of Shadows Rising.

[MaximKI]

We'll consider adding ability to play in Age of Shadows for Refugee Fleets.

For financial balance concerns - what are you seeing that makes you think this? Refugee Fleet starts are meant to be more challenging than a standard empire start and your economy is intended to be strapped and not as advanced even when you settle.

[Xmudder]

We'll consider adding ability to play in Age of Shadows for Refugee Fleets.

For financial balance concerns - what are you seeing that makes you think this? Refugee Fleet starts are meant to be more challenging than a standard empire start and your economy is intended to be strapped and not as advanced even when you settle.

I have restarted several times to figure out how to play the game. I thought I had a stable empire with 2 systems (the second had some Akdarians on it already, I sent my second colony ship there). But I have -20k income and -10k private sector income, and no idea why or how to fix it. The biggest expense is maintaince costs.