Dev Stream Today (Friday, October 3rd) at 3pm EST, Noon Pacific

So let's get this question out of the way, when will Beta 2 be released to the public?

How will Crusades function?

How will the Iridium's planet killer work?

In diplomacy will we be able to trade for a future favor?

Will there be events similar to the Dread Lords or Peacekeepers, by that I mean a very difficult opponent that would be a challenge to mid and late game civs?

Will Tactical resources have any value other than trade prior to Age of War?

In other words I am revisiting this issue where harvesting them has zero use till Age of war. 

Can we get a small passive buff to Tac resources to encourage their 'rush' in the early game?

You have several announced and unannounced games in development! You say you are a small company- so HOW does shifting resources(engineers etc) will impact the quality of Galactic civilizations 3. (If Brad now works on sorcerer King he does not work for Gal civ 3 right? and if he does work on both- he splits his 100% to 50-50 which is only half of his performance)

What changes will we see in beta 2 besides diplomacy, e.g. centering on combats and so on?

Will there be any trading pacts in diplomacy such as I'll trade w/ you, only if you don't trade w/ x player?

Will there be any agree to stay out of my space treaty?/neutral zone implications?

Survey ship/ collect survey only in my space?

Ship options to guard borders?  Helpful, late games especially on larger galaxies.

Loved the stream, can't wait for Beta 2. I saw a bug, in the Victory Screen Influence and Ascension have their goals mixed up.

Updated post with replay.

Cute:

• Cheep Constructor!  cheep, cheep
• Undo button for starbase modules

Pop-up:

• "Choose it's home world" ==> its

Diplomacy:

• The "It is time to go to war" button seems too easy to select.  Maybe tile the buttons horizontally?
• Then again ... maybe it is a good thing that wars are easy to start.  In which case, the button could get larger by 1 pixel whenever you're not watching it ...

OMG a weeping angels button

open borders treaty or a modified version is not a bad idea as long as you are required to enforce it. Wht I'm saying is if I want to go into someone's space that I don't have a treaty with that has announced that no one is allowed  in. If I have the will to try I should have a right to move in even if the player is forced to enact repercussions.

admiralWillyWilber, I think he said if you were to build or mine in the territory it would piss them off.  I'd assume that would mean you could take your chances.

Cheep?

Cheep eep!