Your opponent should have a couple of level 7 or higher capitals before Titans start to emerge.

As it stands now just forgo any capitals and frigates..go straight to Titan and THEN start to reinforce with frigates and caps.

But i think in p vs. p it wont be possible to rusch titans that quick.

At least in a skilled game.

Your opponent have to appy pressure and force you to get units , that way you dont have the ress.  ( around 12k)  to rusch to titan only becuase if you dont fleet you loose instant.

A good delay would be to require a joint number of civilian and military labs while moving it back a tier or two. Like the construction of the titan needs to be approve by senate or some bs in civilian tree. Can add pre-reqs to this like more pop, trade or even tie it into the relationship line with other factions (we are making friends while secretly building a giant stick to whack you with ). At least it forces you to expand and not sit and rush it on a few planets. By the way, not too sure if they buffed the planet shield thing but it seems to do wonders against novalith spam (or maybe I'm mistaken).  

I hate the targeting on the titans too. All over the place and spins like its got ADD. 

way way way over the top strong.

Sure you can.   But I would recommend devs not listen to all players because not all know how to play well.  Not knocking newer players but its a fact in all games of any type.  

so far i think the "raw" titans are fine only except they come out  too early( a level 1 titan takes similar but bit more cost to two caps), the problem is they get lvled too easily and soon grow to an unstoppable monster. a level one titan could still be countered easily if u have a reasonable fleet, but lv3 and above.... @_@

One more thing.

Titan foundry needs HP nerf. Guy I was beating resorted to trying to build titan in hope that he can get it before I get to his HW... When I reached it I started pummeling foundry with 50 lrm, and it obviously took pretty long to take down.  His titan was maybe 95% complete when foundry went down...

Build few repair platforms  around titan foundry and you may very well get titan  before any combat ships.

I would agree with a one-two tier jump up for titan research, but i would also propose it take longer to build the darn things! i mean come on, a ship that size? I was WAY surprised when i researched all four researches, then build the titan factory, then started the titan building. I ignored it for awhile because i expected it to take quite awhile, but when it was done not a moment later, i was shocked. It just seemed too soon for me.

Something like that should take awhile to build, and if the reports im hearing about them retaining level beyond death are true, then the build time should DEFINITELY be lengthened. 

I personally think the main issue is the Titan is TO CHEAP. This is supposed to be the end all of units and its so easily affordable? I say raise the prices in all categories and delay its tech level and you got it. Also lower level titans are not as intimidating as they appear, in fact I had to retreat from a battle between my titan and a mid level star base because the star base was owning. (Nothing wrong with that)

As for titan armor and damage I think they are fine as they are.

stop with the delaying or nerfing of the titans till the advent and vasari r put in place it might end up balancing it self out cuz if im not mistaken the advent and vasari r stronger than the tec and what would be hard for tec to kill it would be easier for the advent and vasari so if the tec titans it nerfed now the advent and varari might end up just blowing right through them and there would be now point in tec building them

You could always push back their deployment by changing the titan factory from using tactical slots to logistics slots. As it is currently you can whack the factory pretty much anywhere. Having it take up logistics slots would make it more of a choice, as you'd be possibly sacrificing trade ports/labs, and it would also make it take slightly longer to get a titan as you'd need more planets for the logistical slots to get enough labs for the titan research. 

I'd also like to throw my vote in for them taking longer to build, and having the research be more expensive, as they are currently far more powerful and cost effective than any alternatives when looking at how long they take to build/how much they cost, and a longer build time would let a player that went for the capital ships/frigates have a chance at rushing and destroying the titan factory before said titan was built and proceeded to stomp their fleet into the ground.

Note that I don't think titans should be more cost effective than a comparable fleet, as you only get one and they should be sufficiently bad-ass, but I feel that in their current state they are just too much better then any alternatives.

When someone starts building a titan you should be thinking that it's imperative that you stop it (Almost impossible to do atm considering how quickly they can be built, and how difficult you can make it for any early fleets by so much as planting a starbase or defences on the planet) or better be on your way to your own titan, as it creates an interesting change of pace in the game. But having them pop up all over the place in the first 15 minutes of the game greatly lessens this, as you have fewer resources with which to oppose them, and it just becomes "mundane", especially when (as in their current state) it is a far better idea to just rush a titan and start levelling it, rather than developing your fleet/empire or focusing on smaller skirmishes and territory control.

Esentially, I feel it should go

Early game (Skirmishes with small fleets, quick territory grabs)>Mid game (Starbases start going up, change in ownership of territory is slower, more marked terrtory borders)>Titans>End game (Large fleet/titan conflict, starbase assaults etc)

Rather than 

Minimum expansion required for 4 military labs>Titan research>Titan>Fleet(for support)/Starbases>End game (Titans plus supporting fleet versus other titans/supporting fleets with starbases sometimes thrown in)

As far as having the titan take longer to build/be more expensive is concerned, it's not so much about the fact that you could still build a titan early as it is that people that went for a more fleet oriented approach would have more time to build up enough to properly oppose a titan, ie it's not removing the fact that some players can still rush for a titan, it's just making it a more even fight between titan rushers and those that focus on fleet and empire tech, so adding viable options other then titan rushing.

Seems to me we have twitched from rushing to get lrm spam to rushing to get titans. Why don't you all go and try that first in the most efficient and defensive way possible to be in a good position to avoid death by titan experience level.

I think making frigate and cruiser types as a prereq for the titan is silly, those ships have no relation to the titan.