I haven't played in a long time, but I just started a new game (as the Sowers) and the industry-to-dust and industry-to-science conversions appear to just be eating my industry and giving me nothing in return.  (I rarely used these conversions in past games, but playing as the Sowers I find I have tons of excess industry and really need them...)

Is this a known issue?  Is there a workaround?  Is Amplitude fixing bugs in Endless Space anymore?  (I seem to recall that years ago when I last played, they were planning "one final patch" before moving on to ES2, so I am guessing not.)

This new forum is really slow.

When I researched the industry -> food conversion tech, all the conversions started working...for the rest of that play session.  When I loaded up my game later, they all stopped working again.

Yesterday, I complained about the bugs in another space empire game and said I'd play Endless Space instead.  So, of course, I immediately run into major bugs in Endless Space.  Sigh.  If I'd picked any other faction, this probably wouldn't be a big deal, but as Sowers...I guess that's another game down the toilet.