So this is a bug which strangely isn't on any bugs list, not that I've seen anyway... which is weird because that the first thing I noticed when I created my first game... There is a 2-3 post that talk about it but since the forum dont lift post when they get a new comment, they are lost on page 10+ and no one will ever see them so I think its appropriate to make a new post about this particular annoying bug.
Let me quote Fuzzisprite on this bug descriptiong ( https://forums.galciv2.com/?ForumID=162&AID=103478 )
" It's cool how some of the default races comes with a few extra ability points for you to customize with. The Iconian Refuge, for example, comes with 6 extra points, while most of the others have 2-3. Unfortunately, if you spend these extra points sometimes the default abilities of the civilization you're customizing vanish.
For example:
If you use any of the remaining 3 points from the Drengin, their soldiering +25% bonus disappears.
If you use any of the remaining 3 points from the Yor Collective, their Loyalty +100% bonus disappears.
These are the two cases I noticed, but I'm sure there are more. It seems odd that this isn't documented, because at least in the case of the Yor, you lose a -major- civilization ability if you attempt to customize. I'd like to add that after I messed around with customizing the Yor, the Loyalty +100% bonus no longer shows up no matter what I do. I've tried the Reset button and the Clear button. This makes me very, very sad, as I was looking forward to playing the Yor =P"
Pretty much all races seem to loose their racial abilities when you want to add the remaining point which is quite frustrating... and I should say that its really really weird that there isnt that many people who notice that... I really dont understand how this could happen and particulary why it isnt fixed in the latest patch?
For those who dint saw this, just try taking the Terran Alliance and go in the "Abilities" tab and try selecting any of the abilities, then go back in the "Overview" tab and you should have noticed that both Diplomacy and Trade bonus are gone, and stay gone even if you deselect the new abilities you took. You can even notice that they were not even selected in the Abilities tab (as they seem to have custum bonus (normal Abilities bonus being of 10,20,30 and the Terran default bonus being of 25 for both)) and that they'll disapear if you press the "reset" button in the Abilities tab... so basically that mean that the "bonus" Abilities point cant even be use or you'll just loose your other racial bonus... This is a really sad bug and I hope it will be fix in a near future... Did anyone else noticed that bug or found a way to avoid it?
sorry I dont know why it double post... I dint double clic on the button nor did I refreshed in the loading =/