One more thing I noticed. Ranger class ships do not become available to me until I research large hulls. I thought they were supposed to be medium sized ships? Even their description says so. As a result, Rangers and Destroyers have the exact same dimensions and power.
I've gotten a lot more crashes to desktop in 5.83 than I did in 5.82. I have not gotten past turn 200 once. The crashes have happened either when I attack a shipyard, get invaded or occasionally when I battle with pirates. In addition, the colors for the mini icons of the asteroid resources when you are zoomed out are all gone. All of the resource icons are now white. It does seem like the other races put all of their resources into military spending from the
I don't know if this is a bug or not, but I've started 3 games as the Thalans, and each time before I ever click the mouse once, they achieve the first 3 levels of industrialization. In addition, they only start with a home planet whereas the other races typically start with a home planet and a class 5 or 6 planet nearby to facilitate the first colony.
Has anyone else noticed that the mathematical outcome of a UP vote has no effect on the actual outcome of the vote? I've had several that turned out 3-2 and it was the 2 that won the vote. Does more go into the voting process than just number of votes?