Is this a bug, feature, or just coincidence?

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I've been playing on-and-off for the entire beta 4 series, and I'm noticing something odd that keeps on happening.

Basically, it seems that I'm having a lot harder time finding "good" planets (class 17+). It's not that they're particularly _rare_ in the galaxy, its that all I ever see seeded around my starting location are class 14, 15, and maybe 1 or 2 16s.

I'm playing on "common" habitable planets in a medium galaxy.

In at least 2 recent games, I've had more then 12 colonies in my initial expansion rush. Here's the count for one game: 2 class 14 (I was deperate to expand at the start), 7 class 15s, 2 class 16s, and 1 class 17 (which was Earth itself).

Is this just a string of conicidences, or has the galaxy construction code changed?
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Reply #1 from Stardock Forums Top
I should add that I tend to find more than a few 17+s around...they're just all other people's planets, often way across the galaxy, right adjacent to an enemy homeworld (and thus taken) or somewhere else they're hard to get at.
Reply #2 from Stardock Forums Top
I just found a nice, ripe class 26 waiting for me 6 sectors away from Earth! :d YMMV
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Reply #3 from Stardock Forums Top
jpub,

The planet classes have definitely been tweaked over the course of the betas. In beta 4 there is a definitely an increase number of planets in the class 15-16 range and a decrease in the number of planets with a higher starting class.
Reply #4 from Stardock Forums Top
Correct. 15 and 16 are much more common now. 16 on up less common.
Reply #5 from Stardock Forums Top
It has been rare that I've gotten one class 26 planet in the game...usually belongs to someone else and I have to take it from them. :) First game on 4Z and I've got 3 of 'em! Nice to have class 31 planets (after enhancement). Not right together mind you, but none of them were taken when I finally got to them.
This is on Abundant setting, medium galaxy.