Thanks for the help, I guess I'm just going to end up trying until things seem good. Come to think of it, there was a mention of a nerf to planet frequency around 1.03 and that guide was probably from before that.
Using the settings given in the "Fun in 5 turns!" thread, habitable planets seem surprisingly rare. I might explore 6-8 stars without finding a useful world. Should I maybe use different settings, and how do the settings REALLY work anyway? I read something about asteroids interfering with planets...
[quote who="Go4Celerity" reply="20" id="3668657"] Quoting DivineWrath, reply 16 -Why do colony ships fill option start at 2.5 instead of the full 3? GalCiv3GlobalDefs.xml line 828 " 2.5 " I don't like that it doesn't d
Conversely, it would be nice to be able to see in the diplomacy screen if you already have one of the alternate techs to what the other player can offer / is offering.