homeworld's role

10 base food production instead of 5. I think there are other bonuses as well. I think I heard that it doesn't actually work properly though.

Nope the bonuses you get for the homeworld do not work at present. Hopefully this will be addressed in v1.2 (although it has been broken since 1.0 so dont get your hopes up too much).

DG

You don't really 'choose' a planet, you just name it. I believe the planet-selecting process is somewhat random, with basic parameters like 'Class 10' or whatever.

They work on your homeworld, they just don't work for the moving your homeworld button. Right? Which I don't think you should be able to do anyway, it doesn't make any sense.

They work on your homeworld, they just don't work for the moving your homeworld button. Right? Which I don't think you should be able to do anyway, it doesn't make any sense.

Well, if you think of your homeworld more in terms of the capitol city of a nation then being able to change your capitol makes a lot of sense in certain situations.

However, I must admit that "homeworld" is not the best term for this. Maybe they should make the "homeworld" have a loyalty bonus (since it is only natural for its citizens to be more loyal to the civilization it spawned) and have also have a "capitol world" which receives the bonuses that the homeworld in the current version of the game, but can be moved to a different planet.

Hear Hear. That sounds like a great idea.

Yes, I like Sir Arfs a Lot's idea too! I never change my homeworld because it just doesn't seem real to do so (playing as human). To me, there can be no homeworld but Earth! Despite that, I wished I could move my capital to some of my better and more central planets... On the same token, it'd be nice if they made the bonus of having a capital more significant. Kind of like Civ4, where the more central the capital, the better for your empire (less penalty to economy).

Man, if this was working it'd be great moving your capitol to a 26+ quality planet.
Just imagine...