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[DeathKnight1728]

Originally Posted by Shadow

trying to name all of the races today

One of the races should be Sensbane. Something dark, ghastly and demonic.

[Shadow]

now only have 3 slot types so you have harder choices of what to equip

[Shadow]

added a bunch more items today, some examples - Advanced Injector, Power Harmonic Control, Nanowire Recharger, and Dynamic voltage Scaler

[Maledictus]

Something about all this reminds me of Alpha Centauri. I remember reading a retrospective which said that it didn't reach the audience it should have because the techs had such exotic names that their function wasn't immediately clear when looking at these names; players had to read the explanations to find out what the techs actually did. After a while players remembered the details for the techs but the initial learning curve was higher than that of Civ because of this, which in turn made players stay away. I fondly remember my time with SMAC, it was a great and atmospheric game, and the tech thing didn't bother me (I had the tech tree poster on my wall so all I needed to know was there at a glance).
Thought it was worth a mention.

[Shadow]

That could be true. In our case the stats that an item modifies will only be a few lines down though.

[Shadow]

now have attributes in: tactical, helmsman, structural, engineering, computers, & captain

[Shadow]

you can now find crew to boost your stats (they take an inventory slot though)

[Shadow]

made weapons work a lot better today (targeting, feedback, etc)

[Shadow]

star systems now have a star and a bunch of random planets

[Shadow]

planets now rotate and have decent lighting from the local star