+1 this, I am playing a multiplayer game as horatio and upon reaching 50 pop total across my empire, unlocking the final pop collection bonus, my home system which is at max pop with all planets colonized is converting all excess food to industry (around 380) so my total industry has skyrocketd to 800.  I assume this is a bug or it is a missing description in the population collection bonus tooltip for horatio. (Although the horatio need something like this, maybe not so strong, to help balance them against other factions)

Sassyljay wrote:

+1 this, I am playing a multiplayer game as horatio and upon reaching 50 pop total across my empire, unlocking the final pop collection bonus, my home system which is at max pop with all planets colonized is converting all excess food to industry (around 380) so my total industry has skyrocketd to 800.  I assume this is a bug or it is a missing description in the population collection bonus tooltip for horatio. (Although the horatio need something like this, maybe not so strong, to help balance them against other factions)

As far as balance is concered; yes the horatio of all races should get a significant collection bonus. However in this current state they ruin games.

Just thought I'd bump this as this is still not fixed even after the patch.

Hello :)

We just fixed this on the internal build, it should be pushed to the public version sooner than later!

Cheers,

Much appreciated, keep up the good work.

WeaponizedCaffeine wrote:

Hello :)

We just fixed this on the internal build, it should be pushed to the public version sooner than later!

Cheers,

Just curious, fixed it how? Did you eliminate the Food->Industry conversion (I think that will kill the already shakey Horatio viability), or just add it to the tooltip?

The conversion, which wasn't intended and was due to an error in the XML, has been removed.

So, are you guys planning on doing some buffs to Horatio? I think they are by far the weakest race (especially since they are the only ones that don't start on either a temperate or fertile planet). I think the food conversion could be a really cool mechanic if it was incorporated into their playstyle.

I had a quick chat with some other Game Designers about Horatio and we more or less agreed on Horatio not necessarily being the most powerful faction of all :p

So a balancing pass is definitely not off the table eventually!

Cheers,

Thanks so much! You guys are doing amazing. Thanks for all your work!