Mod has been updated to v0.4...the change log is cumulative, so I'll highlight some of the changes made...

Jump Degradation has been improved...the hyperspace speed penalty has been reduced from 50% to 20% however the ability now stacks with a limit of 100...keep in mind that the hyperspace speed is multiplied by a factor of 1/(1 + .2n) where n is the number of overseers, so this ability is heavily affected by diminishing returns...even with 100 overseers the approaching fleet will travel at 5% of its normal speed, which is still feasible (especially if your enemy wasted 700 supply points on overseers!)...

Repulsion has been changed so that it is automatically on autocast...the AI will use repulsion now...suggestions for making the AI use repulsion more intelligently are welcome...

Phase out hull on the Antorak Marauder has been improved...shields regenerated on friendly targets has been increased from 200 to 200/300/400...likewise, damage done to enemy targets (shields only still) has been increased similarly...

Check out Project Equilibrium with Extras...the new planets should add some nice variety...

I haven't had a chance to open you mod file yet but try using OnlyWhenManyTargetsInRange for aiUseTime.

You know, we often dont give the AI credit it deservers.

Its preety intresting to see how different the AI's fleet composition was when i played a me vs unfair.

Lots of lights, lots of bombers. some heavies.

my kol was fun.  It could instapop LRMs. Tehehe.

I havent played vs a hummie yet, but From what i could tell, I think i have to agree with darvin on the first post. lrms seem a teeenytiney bit on the weak side, and lights a liiiitle bit on the more powerful side.  fighters cant seem to kill bombers. 

Although, i should really do some actual testing... like: how well do lrms fair vs flack now.  before, it was very, very even, one flack would survive... maybe 2 with very low hp (for like 30 supply vs 30 supply)... i guess i need to check, cause you lowered anti-very-light vs light didnt you?

might want to raise LRM vs module rates a bit, that might help some.

but ya, i need to play a game against my self with calculated fleet supplies and such... things that i dont totally have time for.

Mod has been updated with a few small changes...

First, the Novalith cannon shell debuff was fixed...the new debuff that reduces trade by 33% now lasts 720s (instead of 120s IIRC)....

Second, the starbase construction ability on Vasari colony ships has been fixed...Vasari migrators under control of the AI will build starbases now...should make SP a bit more fun...

Mod has been updated to v0.42....here is a list of the most recent changes....

First, the turning rate of domina subjugators has been doubled...these ships should now be able to use their abilities fairly effectively...

The next 2 changes may be controversial...

The antimatter cost of reactive nanites (on the overseer) has been increased from 75 to 100...Vasari capital ships are extremely difficult to kill late game if your enemy has a fair amount of overseers (remember that bombers and LRF are weaker against caps and bombers are easier to suppress)

The range of repulsion has been decreased from 7500 to 6000...Unless you were Vasari, Advent capital ships and carriers were extremely difficult to kill (and with TK, it is very difficult even for Vasari)...while repulsion has always made it harder to kill carriers and caps, remember that the best ccounters to repulsion (LRFs and bombers) have been weakened...also, LRFs are weaker against heavy armor, making it harder to kill iconus guardians or carriers protected by repulsion...

I would note that this range decrease means that iconus guardians using repulsion will in fact be in range of ion bolt (range of 7000)...also, the range of magnetize was increased from 5000/6000/7000 to 6000/6500/7000, putting all 3 levels of magnetize within range of iconus guardians using repulsion...

Is there any other advantage to these new no pirate maps apart from not having to disable pirates in the game's options?

Thanks a lot for balancing the game! Keep it up!

Mod has been updated to version 1.0...the only change since the last version (v.43) is that the PM damage techs add a 5%/10% bonus instead of a 10%/20% bonus...please note that the first 3 levels that increase shield bypass have been left alone...only the actual damage bonus by the 4th level has been reduced...this is a simple tweak that will leave Vasari unaffected in early and mid game but decrease their cap killing abilities late game...

There is a possibility that Vasari bombers will be changed...bombers in general are easier to shoot down, making multiple instances of repair cloud much more powerful than before...late game, Vasari fleets with multiple skirantras are very very difficult to counter due to the difficulty in killing Vasari bombers...two possibilities are increasing the construction time or antimatter cost of Vasari bombers or decreasing the HP of each Vasari SC (with the additional possibility of increasing # of SC per squadron)...

I'm not real confident with either of those possibilities and won't be implementing them without significant testing, so there will not likely be any future updates for a while (other than BIN versions)...

Sorry I can't this weekend...I got a 20 page thesis paper to work on

A major problem since the beginning of sins has always been that TEC have a poor late game...

A big contributor to this was weak capital ships...now this mod has addressed the capital ships themselves, but TEC are still at a a disadvantage when it comes to protecting their caps...

Advent have repulsion, shield projection, good HP/s regen (via domina subjugator), and TK...

Vasari have overseers which make popping the first cap very difficult...they also have jam weapons and repair cloud...

TEC have...a Dunov, and that's about it...the cielo does add some shield regen in addition to the hoshiko, but ultimately there is no true SC cover like TK or jam weapons (magnetize just doesn't cut it late game) and nothing like repulsion or overseers to truly protect caps...TEC strength lies not in ship quality, but in ability to replenish losses better...problem is, that philosophy doesn't work real well with caps...

One thing I am considering is adding a second level to basic training so that TEC can pay for a 5th capital ship level upgrade (other two factions would still only be able to pay for a 4th level)...I think this may help TEC somewhat late game in the capital ships department...

One of the rather worthless technologies in the game is advanced maneuvering thrusters...15% is virtually negligible....even 50% and 100% increases in angular thrust seemed insignificant via testing...a 1000% bonus, while seemingly asinine, actually seems to work pretty well...with this bonus, TEC cap ships still turn smoothly but can line up for a jump or navigate around structures much faster...

If it was the other two factions, I'd never give them this bonus...but without TK, jam weapons, repulsion, or overseers, I think the TEC could use this boost....1000% in theory should be an 11x boost to angular thrust, but honestly I don't think it works out quite like that....probably more like a 3x or 4x boost...

Anyway, should make this lvl 5 tech actually worth researching in the late game as well as give TEC some capital ship protection...

Another update in the near future is likely...

A guaranteed change will be debris vortex...the entity file for the ability only allowed one level, preventing the player from ever using the second level of this ability...I would note that the 2nd level of this ability seems significantly better (50% more regen from debris, range much greater, and IIRC the ability lasts longer at level 2)...so, keep this in mind when you choose between directional field and debris vortex....

Even after being buffed, I still believe the Marauder is a serious underperformer...one of my main problems is that I still don't think Subversion is that useful...while the ability is really easy to use and the effect lasts a long time, I don't think it has quite the punch that is needed to make this ability worthwhile...

Currently, subversion increases production time by 100%/200%/300% (applies to factories and building structures)...unfortunately, this only is going to be helpful in long battles of attrition and doesn't really do much until level 3 (where ships take 4x longer to build)...constructors are more tied up in moving from place to place, not building structures, and so even with subversion active you'll still need to shoot down the constructors anyway...

I am considering changing this ability significantly to make it more useful, as I think the marauder is the weakest of the 15 capital ships and really is only providing distort gravity and its awesome ultimate ability...here is my proposal, and I would really appreciate some thoughts on this...

Instead of simply increasing construction time, subversion shuts down ship and structure construction completely for a shorter period of time...this would be similar to embargo in that it doesn't last very long and constantly needs to be activated, but the effects are quite damaging, especially for early rushes...

Embargo 1/2/3 lasts 60/90/120 seconds and costs 85 AM with a 120s cooldown...what if subversion had similar stats, and completely shut down ship and structure construction?  I would note that embargo itself increases construction time by 30%/60%/100%...