I am a big fan of customisation thus I often indulge in creation my own races and backstories. I think it is something I sahre with the community due to the fact that modding is very popular in other games. Unfortunately the options of people like me that have a limited proficiency with programming often let their ideas go to waste. In order to prevent just that i have a "small" suggestion regarding the creation and publication of ideas ( in this contecxt races etc).


In my opinion some more options for the creation of races (Visuals,personality,etc. to make things more dynamic)). I think it could really help creating more factions for the game in general as well as improving the communyities engagement of sharing their creations. You could start small by enabling the selection of heros. Then follow up with an option rich interface for the description of the race (like trait lists for example Personality: Shy Behaviour: Introverted Political opinion: Pacifist). Add the option of sharing the created races and voilà you have some simple balanced mods and ideas for your dev's. (The selection of ships and visuals as well as removing the mechanic embodiment of the riftborn-visual may also be sth worth to consider)


BTW The main trait "gene splicing" really makes the collection of minor races worth the effort. I recommend you consider reworking some traits to make them more game changing. For example a simple buff to science (Sophons) is effective but not satisfiying to use. Use the great lore you ve come up with and try to let the traits revolve around it.



Huge fan of the game :3

Mairon/Lennart