Any and all jump research is useless right now so dont waste your crystal researching it.
The lack of crystal makes things interesting. I just hope a map doesnt spawn where there are no ice worlds at all. Perhaps the "black market" should be renamed galactic exchange. It makes me feel like im dealing with the pirates lol.
The probe is only useful if you scout ahead of an invasion. Sometimes i kamakazi a scout into a heavily fortified system just to see what is there, and see if the AI fleet will respond. Even with jump immunity no scout will survive in a fortified system. The probe well let you observe the system for a few minutes after your scout leaves, or is destroyed. Use it, or dont use it. Its up to you.
I try to research my mining asap, and if i see an ice planet my fleets make a b-line to colonize it. Whats funny is in one of my games the ice planets were the major choke points not the dead ones.
Im all for giving the dead planets at least some logistics points. Just because they are dead they shouldnt be totally useless other than a choke point fortress. Perhaps any artifacts in game should only be found on the dead worlds.
No on the interdictor ships. We have phase jump inhibitors that should be enough. Build them.
The way the game is right now there is no point in making multi star maps, because the AI start positions will all be in the star system you start out in. Perhaps if the dev's are kind they can fix this in the next patch
