I'm going to make this my last post about this patch. If it helps the community, that's fantastic, if not, then I will wash my hands and move on from this game in peace.

Is there going to ever be a fix for the Riftborn exploit to create exponentially increasing resource bonuses? 

This bug has been open for years and makes the race unbeatable as both player and (usually) AI. I'm just bewildered and dumbfounded that this bug was never acknowledged, given how easy it is to reproduce and how much data has been collected on its behavior: The bug report thread about this issue