Alstein

Just to clarify: 1) There will be some sort of option for a Founder's edition similar to GalCiv 3 at some point? That was a really good deal and glad I did it. 2) Alpha is going to be invitation or is it going to be open to pre-orderers? If the latter, will folks who pre-order have the option to upgrade to a Founder's Edition if the option isn't there immediately at equal cost to getting it outright?

I was one of those folks who played 3 less than 2, though that was a combo of the criticisms you mentioned, and kinda what I wanted in the genre changing. I didn't like the 4X games of the last decade for the most part, though I think GalCiv 3 was the best of the bunch. (Planetfall was technically sound but very annoying to play, AOW3 was awesome but technically primitive which hurt it) In regards to what you said, here's what I want: I'm going to try