The difficulty setting might need a check up. Start a new game - you get difficulty 100%. Click customize just to have a look what the settings are - your difficulty changes to 79% instantly. Then try to make it the hardest possible - you end up with difficulty 128%.
I am not complaining, in fact, it is only a numerical value, I am just wondering if it works as intended. Nevertheless an awesome game, once again. Thank you!
Nice game, fun to play. Although I really wonder what my Carrier carries. There are no mining vessels helping with asteroids nor are there fighters swarming out defending my ship against pirates. Also I wish my weapons officer would not always dump everything on the same target...
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Hmmm, I still see the scores updating. I wonder if anyone else is having this issue.