Hello all!
Wanted to find out if anyone else was having issues with the Arceans being a bit too "testy." Have played 3 times now and I'm wondering if there's a glitch with this particular race, b/c they've reacted unfavorably to me from the get-go every time, and have gone to war with me everytime as well...case in point, my last game-went balls-out for a tech advantage/better than average diplo skills...left all other races in the dust, actively traded techs with everyone (while using the diplo bonuses to trade for better techs) and everyone was happy, happy! I finally ran into the Arceans (far edge of map) and everything went south...like, ecounter them with highly unfavorable comments, less than five turns later, they send me a message "give us a gazillion credits or else," then war 2 turns later.
I know you're supposed to not get along at some point but aren't the Drengin's supposed to play the "heavy?" Ultimate irony is they've bothered me much less than the Arceans, and it'd be a shame to have to disable them b/c they never play nice...