Sounds like just bad luck to me. More resources will become available by exploring new curiosities (some of which are hidden, requiring research to reveal and eventually unlock), using the marketplace, and building trade routes.

There's actually a tech on most tiers of the Science and Exploration tree that improve curiosity exploration, not just one on tier 4.

Still, I've had the same problem, but not three times in a row. That sounds like less bad luck and more some kind of bug, although I have no idea why it's happening just for you or how it's happened in the first place.

I've never paid attention to whether this happens on a constellation by constellation basis, but I've definitely seen luxury resources mainly grouped in the galaxy.  It can be pretty annoying when you can't find what you want, but it does make it easy to pick which resource to upgrade your systems with.

I personally like that resources wind up grouped, as it means monopolies are a very real thing, which drives people to the marketplace and actually gives it purpose.  I've almost never had an issue getting what I want on the marketplace, but given I play on scarce it's rare for me to get a wide variety in my starting empire (3/4 max).

I've also noticed this, lots of the same luxury resource in a large area.

Few plays since update 3, but have same feeling. Specially since 0.3.4 patch

Hello,

Thank you for the feedback. There are a few issues with the generation that we're looking at; we will keep an eye on the luxury generation to avoid these situations.

Cheers,

I don't suppose you could also look at strategic resource generation too? It feels wildly inconsistent from constellation to constellation.

I thought it was intentional. Honestly is really annoying when playing Riftborn and you are swimming in food luxuries. I hope they become randomized or give the option in the galaxy generation to.

XR17 wrote:

I thought it was intentional. Honestly is really annoying when playing Riftborn and you are swimming in food luxuries. I hope they become randomized or give the option in the galaxy generation to.

I suppose that's what the Marketplace and Faction Trade is for.

As a sidenote, it would be nice if 1-2 systems per constellation had random resources outside of their cluster. Would make those locations more important in the early game.

Right now, resource generation is odd.

I get the same issue above, mostly the same resource on the whole constellation. 

Strategic resources... a bad dice roll that puts your Hyperium on a late tier planet and you are VERY far behind.  Playing as cravers, I need the hyperium to give me enough manpower to crack major faction planets in the early/mid-game.  If I can't get to Hyperium, I'm in trouble.