Wow, some cool stuff with the release version. Still playing through my first single player game as the Advent. Lots of changes.

Please post stuff that you like and things that you don't like. Please be specific - don't just say "Building ships sucks." Say what you don't like about ship building -is it the cost, the time it takes, the graphical effects, the sounds they make, etc. General "I don't like's" are not productive.

One thing I like is that you no longer start with a cap ship factory. This forces more choices. Do I spend the money on the factory, do I pout it into research or upgrades? Do I just spend the money on extra frigates? Good stuff.

One thing I don't like is that the problem where unbuilt structures can be destroyed is still there. You pay in full up front for a structure which appears in ghost form on the location where it is to be built. And then all it takes is a single shot from a BB gun to destroy it - to DESTROY a structure that hasn't been built and has no physical existence! This point and related consequences (such as plunking down defense platforms to impede the movement of enemy ships) have been discussed at length during the beta process. When I saw it happening in the release version I just about screamed I had to pause the game right there and then to come post this.