Mysterial

[quote]While I agree that the ability to "steal" starbase resources is a bit unbalanced in favor of a nation not at war, in reality they don't jump on the resources because they'll just immediately get blown up. So, it makes sense that the AI doesn't prioritize it while still at war. [/quote] It makes sense that the AI doesn't try to immediately capture the resources. But it doesn't make sense that it would be happy about me taking them instead. I know how I react when another race

One of the issues I've had with GalCiv 2 from the beginning is that pouring everything into diplomacy seems to make the game too easy. If I have enough then between tech trading at an advantage and the relations bonuses it's hard to be overcome unless the AI severely outproduces me. Something I realized that contributes a lot is that the AI never seems to care when I give stuff to its enemies (particularly ships). Normally war might be a threat to a diplomacy player even when not involved