DwarvenFood
Arcane
Yep, pirates are slowly killing my desire to play. Lost both my heroes (And don't have the money to revive them since I'm paying the upkeep on so many fleets) due to constant pirate fights softening their fleets and then Hissho leaping on them. I theoretically haven't lost the game yet since I've got a couple decent forge systems that can crank out ships are a good rate, but it's turning into a bit of a grind and I'm losing my will to continue that game. Especially with all the pirates, who I recently noticed conquered two Hissho/Sophon systems which might explain why there have been EVEN MORE GODDAMN PIRATES on that side of my empire.
Still, that said it was more enjoyable than the bit I played before any of their mini-expansions. Certainly not my favorite space 4X or anything but it's decent. Apparently they're working on an expansion so maybe that'll fix it up even more.
Hey,
You know you can turn pirates off right ? (maybe that option did not exist in earlier versions?)
Anyway, picked it up on a sale (had it gifted actually) and it replaced Binding of Isaac as the low-intensity 30m-1h time killer game of the moment. After a couple of battles I do tend to auto-resolve combat, and not even bother picking cards as there is too much random involved anyway. Ship aut-upgrade is fucking retarded, packing the ship full of armour for example. Avoid like the plague. AI cheats, would love to see their income from planets versus upkeep of their massive fleets. I do like the diplomacy and how you can instigate wars between rival AI's. Multiplayer never crashed for me.
Hate the way space travel works, and galaxy feels small. Would love to see option for actual Milky Way instead of random (with same names showing up each time..)