General thoughts: Wow!

I wanted to post because I was nearly deterred from buying by all the complaints about bugs. My own sense is that the game can stand for significant development but then engine is basically stable and workable.

Well, certainly some bugs kicking around, though stability seems to have improved with 1.08.

But in general: what a great engine! Real possibilities for modding, a cool interface, and a nice set of routines.

The problems seems to be more in terms of balance issues -- a pretty flaccid Strategic A/I -- a couple of dangling features (fleets) that need to be fixed or removed, and better documentation.

Many of these problems are "moddable," and some of the balance/gameplay A/I issues can be solved simply by developing tougher scenarios.

So probably a patch or two until the engine has stabilized, then some significant work to be done in making the engine into some interesting games.