As race creation was more complex than sovereign creation (and we'd like to expand it further), it was moved into the realm of modding. AFAIK we're planning to have a workshop for it in the future.

i was looking forward to this as well.... it would have been nice to give us it even if the race creation wasn't final, going to be annoying going over the Xml rather then ticking boxs

It's going to get a lot LOT LOT of looove in the coming weeks in the modding area.

We felt that custom factions were going to be too gimped if they remained part of the setup options.

Game had to be rushed out the door for some reason soo... no race creation

It was in Beta. I'm sad it took it out. Since it is classified as a mod, that makes playing with custom factions impossible in MP. Additionally, I'm worried about people intentionally creating overpowered (eg, the mod doesn't "enforce" a certain amount of "points" like in the Beta) factions and then stomping everyone ._.

I am honestly just disappointed and it has been said, over and over, that race creation may be a future addition, so I don't think its too drastic a statement to say that a month or two more would have made race creation a really cool and useful tool. Now we just have to pray that the modders imaginations match our own... its just a sad situation is all, considering what it could have been.

There are several problems with leaving it to the modding community though. Not everyone has the technical aptitude to mod their game. Many are also afraid to download mods made by other players in case they brake the game. A lot in both parties don't want to because think the end result is cheating (And without some sort of enforced limit on what abilities you can give the race, it possibly is). So you have a whole chunk of players there that simply do not have access to this feature at all any more due to the nature of it.

Then there's going to be the whole using mods and custom races to cheat in multiplayer arguments...

Edit: Oh I should add I think it's great that the flexibility the feature deserves is been supported in the modifiability of the game and I look forward to playing with it personally... But I also think taking the basic functionality away from the other player groups was a mistake and can understand why they are upset about it.

I think you should bring back the faction creation tool that was in the beta because most people are not going to try modding so they are stuck with the premade factions. The tool was also great because it allowed you to create balanced factions very quickly and you couldn't cheat by giving yourself tons of bonuses.

Guys...I'll bet next time we see the Faction Creator it's going to be tied with the "Race Creator" and we'll be able to make custom races with custom models and all kinds of cool shit...no worries

I understand that you could do many things with modding,

However I also think that it should have been left in. You could change/upgrade/rehash the concept and options later on, even on an expansion

I am very surprised to not see this in the release version.  Stardock, are you kidding me?  I recall a Stardock poll that was up for awhile asking people what race they most looked forward to playing.  The resounding majority answered that they wanted the "create your own faction" race.  It is clear that the devs knew that this was something the community wanted.  In the betas, when the early faction creator was removed, there was a slight uproar but the understanding, if I recall, was that it was going back in later with some tweaking.  Now at release, the response is that it should get added back later (again!).

I could try fiddling around with xml files, but that really shouldn't be the expectation to "fix" this issue.  Regardless, I'm sure that the faction creator will get added back at some point, but I am certainly disappointed that it isn't in already.

I kinda agree.  I dont like the whole Nation Creation being left up to the mod community.  I never use mods because I just fear them as if they'll break the game, my computer, what not.  I can see if they make their OWN Nation Creation system and set it up under Workshop, then that would be nice.