Don't worry about me, I always use racial techs, in fact I build my races around 'em (I think racial techs are one of SE4's biggest strengths, in fact)
-- Z.
ruler of the happy fun schizophrenic psycho people
"You're *sad animals*, do you want to *spread the wax*?"
What would people say to reducing the score display from all to allied (or even 'none')?
I always find it a little unrealistic to show total score (because people can draw conclusions about your offensive/defensive capabilities too easily from the # of ships/units/planets/systems etc)
Planetary space yards are just so much better than orbital ones. Build a space yard on every planet with 3 or more facility slots, and you wont be missing the orbital yards. I forgot to mention the Construction bonus too. Nothing beats a planet with a base 45% bonus to its construction rate.
So you think you wouldnt be able to see anything about an empire that you were friendly with? I think your traders that go into their space would be able to notice something.
And in terms of gameplay, it is very annoying to not be able to see how far ahead of the competition I am.