Hello everyone!

So I've been playing as the cravers for a bit now and am realizing that their thematic playstyle of being an all consuming locust swarm is completely halted by the limitation on the number systems that can be colonized?  I've seen mentions of switching to the religious ideology that keeps approval at content but is there any way to make the militarist one work?  With craver planets depleting themselves over time this seems like a pretty big flaw. At the very least, it seems to really take some of the fun of the craver theme away!

absolutely not neccessary, currently i'm playing the Cravers on Endless difficulty, large map, 9 players, and i have 14/8 systems, and my empire is estatic at 100%. as the Cravers, you start with the "Jingoist Dream" bill which gives you approval for every war you declare, and minor faction counts as well. then after your military party is potent which is easy because as the Cravers you need to declare war, you will get another bill called "US or Them". this bill is extremely powerful, because it gives approval on a per pop basis calculated based on the amount of wars you currently in. with this bill, you can almost colonize as many systems as your see fit. but it is kind of expensive to maintain, so if you invade a system that is really crap, just evacuate later, and save some influence cost. 

It even works with minor factions?  That is fantastic.  I must have missed the "us or them" bill too.  Thank you for the information!