The game runs great now, hoorah for that. but some game play issues that irk the crap out of me and I am sure others. 1) SURRENDER!!!??? what's up with the enemy players in single player mode surrendering. I can understand if they are on the verge of collapse, but what they do doesn't make sense. I'll have some enemy players hold out until the end, but then others running 20+ stars just up and quit. another thing, the mines.....come on there has to be another way to clear them coming down the pipeline, oh please just say you do. nothing is more stimulating in the game than spending a whole night just cleaning up the garbage in a freshly conquered star system.