Quick start crashes when used.

2. Ideologies tier 5is not enough. Have they fixed where can't switch between. When are they actually use way of thought like survival of the fittest,  help those in need . Rationale thinking,  enviroment being the most important,  everything has a purpose.

The game itself to me plays very close to GC II and that for me is a good thing. Addressing your concerns...

1). The ideology system has been reworked to a good event. You are correct in that the points you get are primarily driven by expansion. What we need are more 'ideological choices' that are not triggered simply by colonization. They are adding more via exploration of anomalies and galactic events. Overall I feel some tweaking with the system addressing map sizes is valid but over all I like it the way it is (points and how acquired). 

2). Constructor spam is inherent in the game and always has been. They put in some tools to help you 'cue up' constructors or request them. I dont have a problem with the spam some much as keeping track of who goes where and such. What would help is a full size page of management tools, say the same kind of map that you get for trade routes but one that shows mining and galactic resources tied to bases and how much each output it is. Core-wise this mechanic is fine for launch but tools like I am asking for might be a DLC (since you can play without it) at a later date.

3). I currently have always enjoyed the combat system. It just got so much better on pacth .83 as well. Further tweaking and adjusting combat values will continue to make it that much better. One thing that amazes me is people comparing GC II with our current game. Remember that GC II had 2 MAJOR expansions fixing bugs and improving combat. I feel the combat is fine right now and ready for launch. I would like better 'viewer' options. The free cam is hard to use and if chosen should have a default snap to your fleet so you can adjust it from there. 

4). Tech tree. This comes down to personal preference. Many here like the small incremental and there are many vocal ones who want 'more bang for my tech bucks'. As long as I am more effective than the next guy with my new disrupters I am fine. They recently nerfed defenses to make combat go 'faster'. Personally I like higher values which cause combat to take longer. We have a x10 speed let that be used.  I want to see epic battles which we have a bit slower so I can appreciate the effort the Dev team did with those models and particle!

I feel the game is ready for release. I see so much negative on Steam and I realized its from a generation that feels entitled. They want everything now and flawless and for free. It simply amazes me, but that is another issue entirely. 

1. Ideology
• Should be more of a hit if I'm switch Ideologies, for instance I choose Benevolent to begin with, Pragmatic should be double the points any of them.  Then if I choose something out of the third then have it be 4x's the cost.
• Allow us to choose items a second time after we've chosen more than 50% of the ideology traits in a specific category.
• example would be I want to choose explorers II so I get a second class 10 planet although it now costs twice what the next upgrade would be.
• example 2 when I choose a first time it may have a blue border around the selection, second time may be yellow, third time green, ect...
• What this does for longer games it provides and continues that aspect of the game.
• Allow more events random or invading, however, once you build the buildings you're always getting points for this.
• Scale for galaxy size/# of players.
• Insane galaxy should be slower to get Ideology points by the factor of # of tiles in comparison to tiny galaxy.  (don't know actual size, too lazy to look up right now, if insane is 20x the size of tiny then have the ideology points 20x harder to get.
• Number of players should play into effect, if I have 128 players in an insane galaxy it should be almost as easy as a tiny map is with 2-4 players, as players would be almost on top of each other.
2. Constructor spam.
• Not a whole lot to say here except don't see an issue with this, yes it is a pain sometimes, however, I can't think of much better.
• One alternative suggestion would be, have a star base collect manufacturing points from nearby planets to expand modules, but then that would be another slider/setting on the planet management screen.
3. Combat system.
• No real issue, although it would be nice to see specifically why something is happening, missing targets, blocking ect, right now it's not always clear.
4. Tech Tree (make numbers better)
• This has been in other posts, however it comes down to this...
• What are you going to do besides make my factory produce more or be smaller?
• You can have unique techs (which they do for colonization/invasion but still it's just colonize or invade more)
• What unique techs can you think of?

All this post is to me is a lot of complaining over minor issues, nothing that's going to have a huge impact on the game.  One main reason I would look at something as complaining versus feedback or an issue, is if there is any suggestions on what could improve or make it better.  So with that being said how would you improve all your points?

1) Ideology System.

For me, the ideology branches are too small, they need more levels per branch (ex: 10 levels instead of 5 levels).

And the traits are always the same, this will quickly become repetitive after a few games.

I made a suggestion to make the traits random for each game, so the player can have a different experience with each game and not chooses the same traits almost always in the same way.


2) Constructor Spam.

There is a lot of threads about constructors/starbases problem.

It means something is wrong the way it work currently.

The developers should look at this.


3) Combat System.

I still have not really tried the combat system.

But yes, it should be clear to the player the way it work.


4) Tech Tree.

The tech trees are too similar for me, there should be plenty of specific technologies for each race.

And yes, the steps are too small + 5%, + 5%, + 5%, I should prefer larger gaps + 100%, + 100%, + 100%, with longer time to research the techs, and different techs that really change in a significant way the game play.

Per example, the steps between different levels of weapon techs are much better in GalCiv3 than in GalCiv2 (the steps are greater).

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I add:

The improvements are also too similar for me (many civilizations have the same improvements), each civilizations should have different improvements.

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Some weirdness in the tech trees.

Per example, % bonuses used for Move, Ship Range and Sensor Range systems.

These systems are all based on hexes.

"Move 1" = 1 hex displacement.

"Ship Range 20" = 20 hexes max range displacement.

"Sensor Range 4" = 4 hexes range visibility.

10% for 1 move will be 1.1, rounded down to 1,
10% for 9 move will be 9.9, rounded down to 9, etc.

This tech is useless before the ship has at least a speed of 10 moves.

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The user interface.

For me, the user interface is currently below average.

And I find it sometimes too cumbersome to use with the current tooltip system.

@Seilore