Quoting jirkaesch,

reply 23

Allright, Brad, 1.7 sounds like a fair dal I am sure we can shape it up during the opt-in.

BTW Has the AI hugging been fixed in 1.6?

EDIT: 1.7 is due in March, isn´t it?

AI hugging is fixed in 1.6.

U need extreme ship ranges on a map on an insane map. Its 8 times bigger than 2

AI Hugging... so, when the AI factions that like me have tons of ships in my ZOC, they are actually trying to guard my stuff?  I had always thought they were just trying to project power because they didn't trust me (or the AI equivalent of that) or something, and were positioning for rapid response in case I declared on them.  They *do* tend to hover around my deepspace starbases, particularly if I am using one to gather up troop transports.

Oh my... if I've been misreading this activity, I've made some serious, ahem, diplomatic errors.  Maybe I should send the AI some flowers or something.

^^^^ This sounds amazing and will go a LOOONG way to reducing clicks and micro. Thank you!

wait.. i think im out of the loop.. people have 1.6 access? I can see the "Mercenaries Expansion pack" in my DLC list, but my games still saying 1.5 and i dont have any options in the opt in drop down list?