Under pressure.

The Col rush phase of this feels so much worse than 3. I am desperate to lock down possible core worlds before the AI and my sector started with three AI and myself I missed one by one turn. I know the idea is to reduce micromanagement but I’m feeling really pressured. In three if I lost a world to the AI there were others to settle even if it was a class 25 beautiful world it didn’t make me consider rerolling. 

I really like an exploration phase and I’m not getting it in this game it feels like a mad dash. I’m gonna up the map size and see what happens. If there was a way to set the number of people per sector it might make everyone happy. Those who wanted a knife fight from the get go. Those who wanted at least someone in their sector and those of us who wanted a start sector devoid of major civilizations except themselves.

 

Also a number of sectors selector would just be amazing. Like 10 to 15. 16 to 20. 

I am ignorant to how hard these changes would be but I know I would enjoy them immensely and I do not think I am alone.

What is everyone else’s experiences?