

Minerals and resources also have been a pain. > Out of desperation I took voidborne, and colossus project because I been short on influence all game, and desperately need a casus belli.

Took hive worlds as a 5th ascension, which seems really pointless because they take forever to come online even with terreforming edict. > trying to keep the swarm from attacking was a long cold war.

Initially only had 3 worlds, then 2 others with 20% habitability. > I had to play relatively tall because I had a fallen empire on one border, a devouring swarm on another, and an alliance on the last border. I feel 12 building slots for hive mind aren't enough. > About 2k research with a fully upgraded research nexus. Im woefully unprepared because it should be x10 strength and I'm the weakest I have been.
