Please do not buff the siege frigate.  Siege frigates should be made of paper.  If anything, they are still too tough (they shouldn't be any tougher than a scout).  If they are buffed, any "reasonable" defenses around a planet will not stop them.  The game will be broken, just like it was when it first came out.

Siege frigs and carriers should be fine the way they are now.

The deliverance engine is the second strongest ultimate weapon, behind the Vasari. The extra mitigation and other bonuses are well worth it. It may not be as tangible, but trust me, the benefit is there.

Starbases already have a limit, they cost a crapload. A limit is not really needed. One per planet is fine.

The civilian defense act could use a buff, yes.

The Vasari charged missile ability can be turned off, if you need to run that badly... atleast, Im pretty sure it can.

Basic crew training is useful in the begining to get those caps into their prime usefulness range, or to improve a newly built one late game. Otherwise it takes even longer to level up. 20% increase is too much, anyway. Mass Trans. is fine the way it is as well. Perhaps it could be buffed slightly, but otherwise it is fine. 

The vasari mine idea might be too overpowered... damage and slowdown? But it could work.

I disagree with the Aux Gov,  etc, starbase improvements. While it needs to actually prevent the loss of control of a planet, it should cost much more than just a mere passive ability.

Siege frigates are not fine the way they are now, they take a lot of supplies, they cost a lot of ressources, they are easy to destroy, they do very little damage & they are highly specialized. I understand the need to keep the game balance and not make them OP, but I would like them to do something more, a new upgrade?, a new ability?, a new role?

Carriers have an incredible amount of hull/shields, they are support units, just like siege frigates are, they rarely go into battle, standing far away from defensive structures and can jump out of a system the minute they see an enemy approching, and they should run if they see a large force approching them, that is fine, BUT, right now, they don't even have to run right away, they can actually stand their ground & take a beating before having to retreat. Carriers should be easier to destroy than they are right now. No to the level sisge frigates are, but easier nevertheless. No one can deny the impressive amount of hull/shields they have. I do think that the changes made in beta3 are great, it was a step in the right deriction.

The deliverance engine is not a bad thing, but they require more micro then the other 2, you have to pick a target, move your fleet choose a target, fire the weapon, wait until it its really close, has the weapon closes on the target, then you jump your ship in to take advantage of the bonuses. If you compare this to the level of micro a TEC superweapon needs, all you have to do is build 2 cannons, pick a target, et voila, one less planet to worry about. The Vasari weapon does require some micro, but the tactical advantages are just awesome!

I like starbases, its just that now, I feel like they have been cheapen, it feels like they are everywhere. Yes they do require a lot of $$$, but my suggestion was just to make them rare, can you imgine if they allowed Capital ships to be build without upgrading your Capital ship fleet supply. All you would need would be 50 supply points. They would cost a lot of money (just like starbases), but they would be everywhere (just like starbases). All I wanted to do is bring up the option of limiting the number of starbases, that would make their encounter much more memorable.

The Vasari charged missile upgrade is a good ability, but the drawback is just awful, once the ability has activated, you can't shut it down (can't move/retreat), but yes, you can set auto-cast off and thats what I do.

The basic crew training modifications I suggested could be good, if you feel that the % is too high, than maybe dropping it would do the trick.

The auxiliary government upgrade is the worst upgrade EVER, it requires changes/modifications to make it acceptable, right ow it's a joke, a bad one at that!.

I disagree with you about Starbases limitation.

Ok they are powerful station but they can't navigate through solar system. Starbases can't bring you victory in contrary of capital ships. Moreover Starbases are awfully expensive, even if they are really efficient. And last point, a good fleet can destroy easily a maxed out starbase quite easily, even without using only strike craft.

And I love Vasari Starbases that deals damage and fully depleted antimatter of fleeing ships..

well i like the advent cannon better that the other 2 when its working at least

in never played vasari but it was a pain when i when to colonize a planet that had be longrange bombarder only to have it blown up again by other shots that were enroute from several starsystems away...well uless they changed that recently it just seems to troublesome

seige frigets are fine the way they are i think

atleast i dont have a problem keeping them alive AND with my fleet as long as i have some Guardians and Radiance battleships using uhh what was it caled again? the ability that makes AI prioritize the battle ship instead of other targets... well whatever

tho i think that the on other caps induced hysteria needs a little buff  i mean its great untill you realize that using it prevents the ship from using its normal planet bombardment weapons and that the normal planet bombardmet usually does more

but what if the starbase is on an uncolonizibale "planet"

well in the advent tree i like the structure sheilds provided by hangers

and conceptually at least beam platforms synergy isnt bad havent checked to see if it actually works tho

i think entrenchment needs longer chars limit for names and a copy star option for the map designer

not talking about galaxy forge just the base ingame map designer

oh i also think that there needs to be ajustment to the ship disabling abilitys so that they are moar effective at preventing enemys from running away

i mean reverance would be alright if it didnt cause everything to stop attacking the target but subjegation never ends up doing much

something like a moble phase inhibitor would be nice

Defense tree is 50% for starbase. You've got mines for all, but Tec defense is the most complete.
I like the way TEC can upgrade their gauss canon, they become quite powerful, since fully upgraded. Moreover Tec has planet shield. I must admit that advent and vasari defense tree are a bit empty.
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True, they are empty, but i like how the TEC finally got a major boost in military power. I mean an empire that takes up hundreds of planets should be able to produce some pretty powerful stuff.

i dont know if they nerfed it recently but advent cannon works fine if you have a lot of them autocasting as well as the patiance to wait for the alegaince to drop for 110 to 0 at the rate of .07 a second

i like it because i can just let it auto cast and not worry about it killing a planet i colonized if i happen to colonize a planet while one is enroute

also deliverance engine shots dont get wasted if they hit a planet that was already over thrown