I do and I don't, adjacency bonuses can be awesome and a great part of the game, however, if I start a game and colonize 5 class 9 or 10 worlds with the tiles all spread out (in clumps of 1 or 2) adjacency really doesn't work, which can handicap a player horribly at the beginning of the game. Plus one can get a huge amount of points on a great planet, I think there should be a cap to help balance out the game. 

On the other hand I love those planets that have tiles all clumped together, especially around the planets capital.  At that point I can specialize a planet to it's full potential and have 1000 research points or manufacturing points mid way through the game.  There are both positives for the players and negatives.

I find it strange that adjacencies should need defending as a mechanism. both in its limits and its powers.  Along with trade goods and Terraforming, it provides a seemingly endless number of variations and possibilities, not all of them obvious.  Trying to overcome bad terrain can get really challenging for those that want to push things.  That is good game design.  Stacking adjacencies on a planet with huge clumps of land is both easy for everyone and subtle for those who are, again, pushing things.  That is terrific game design.  Planning ahead for limited Terraforming is something that stresses human imagination.  I can only guess how hard it is for the AI, and how impressive it will be when the AI gets some sort of handle on it.  That, I am especially looking forward to.

That the basis for the complaint is that it gives too much focus to the planet also mystifies me.  It seems to suggest completely different expectations from the game then what I have, but I am not sure what that would be.

To emphasize the reaction of others:  With thousands on thousands of hours in the game, I have still feel the adjacencies mechanism is a continuing and satisfying puzzle built into the game.  If it hasn't gotten boring by now, that's a pretty good sign. 

No.  It did in GC2, but not in GC3.  At least yet, who knows.

Your post reminded me of something I have wanted in GalCiv3 from the beginning, i ended up making a new post on it since i didn't want to hijack your post

[Idea/Request] Techs known by the AI should be identifiable in tech tree (See Image/Maybe great for a mod!)

https://forums.galciv3.com/481970/IdeaRequest-Techs-known-by-the-AI-should-be-identifiable-in-tech-tree-See-I

I forgot about upgrading ships through the governor screen. Unfortunately, it doesn't seem to tell me if the range of my ships increase. I have to go out of my to get the range of my existing ships and compare to what I can build.

A trick I figured out is, if you order your ship to guard right after it leaves the shipyard, it will form a fleet at its location. Every new ship will try to join this fleet. Once its full, you can start over.

-Why does weapon techs (first specialization) give the option to improve performance, cost, and size of all weapon types but defense types only give the option to improve only 1 device?
-Why do I have to research farming techs before I can build farms. New colonies have a population cap of 5.
-Why do colony ships fill option start at 2.5 instead of the full 3?
-Why do my explorer ships go one direction one turn, but change their minds and go somewhere else? I've watched them and checked their destinations.

Question. Can you make your own blueprints? I haven't found an option to do so in the ship designer. I want the game to follow my instructions for ship building, so I don't have to design a new ship every time I get a new weapon or something.

Edit: I think I found a bug. When a civilization surrenders, all their ships, stations, whatever change ownership. Somehow, ships that were orbiting a planet for defensive reasons don't remain in orbit. Somehow, they become a separate fleet, a fleet I can't attack because a planet is in the way. Conquering the planet doesn't fix the problem, it merely allows me to put ships in orbit.

At least in the way colony rush works now I find it much better to send way less ppl, like 0.5. Because early on I mainly want to grab planets so the AI can't, while not hampering the pop of my homeworld that cranks out those colony ships too much.

So currently the option to decide how much guys are in the ship helps to outdo the AI (whether that's too easy is another q', and if that even remains a reasonable approach with Crusade has to be seen)

GalCiv3GlobalDefs.xml line 828 "<DefaultShipPopulation>2.5</DefaultShipPopulation>"

I don't like that it doesn't differentiate between colony and transport module loads.  One can't be changed without harming the other.

Yes.  Do it in C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common\Galactic Civilizations III\data\Game\StaticShipBlueprintDefs.xml

Use Notepad++ (recommended) and follow the file format.  Blueprints aren't as adaptable as custom ship design.

I love the adjacencies.  My only problem with them is that they are all bonus and no penalties.  I shouldn't be able to raise my port of call next to my death furnaces and expect a boost in tourism income among other things.  Penalties would probably close the gap between scattered and solid plot planet maps some without making the minigame any less interesting.

I'd also love this minigame to be played on a planet map that is a near-sphere of hex tiles wrapping around on itself, instead of a (yawn) Mercator projection map.

Thats for Starting, Campaign, Tutorial and Event Ships. Has nothing to do with the Designer, you need ShipBlueprintDefs.xml for that.

-I can't get information on the health of my ships in my fleets. In GalCiv 2 all ships were a list going down, with hp to the side. Right now, I have to hover my mouse over each ship, 1 by 1, to determine whether or not they are damaged.
-I don't like the specialization techs. I don't like how I can only pick one.
-When assigning sponsors for a new shipyard, why can't I keep clicking assign? Nearby planets that are close enough to have no production decay are at the top of the list. Why do I have to select the next planet before I can assign it. I want it to be selected right away.
-Transport specialization description could be more accurate. It not only affects colony and constructor modules, but it also affects freighter and troop transport modules.
-I would like it if there was some centralized location to find the stats on everything. Such as all the numbers affecting beam weapons, like mass reduction and price reduction. Right now, its kinda hard to figure out what you have. You have to go look at all your techs for starts.