Fixed: AI now researches new military modules.

Fixed: Ark generation and leecher use are now working correctly.

Fixed: AI now doesn't cancel missions without any reasons.

Fixed: Issue where AI fleets were staying in hangar forever in some specific cases.

Improved node strategic score heuristic.

Improved behaviour and technology choice for colonization.

Changed: Improved map and vision sharing evaluation and open borders.

Changed: Increased AI desire for trade (in particularly for mercantile AIs).

Changed: Improved the way AI uses support modules.

Changed: Globally improved the military attack, defense and invasion.

Added: AI now feedbacks more game events and takes into account more player actions (leeching, time bubbles, blockades, attacking civilians, Unfallen actions etc.).

Added: AI is now able to propose alliances, map and vision sharing (if it has the tech).

Added: AI is now able to attack enemies it finds on its mission path.

Added: AI now research military modules technologies.

Added: AI is now able to trade technologies by diplomacy.

Added: AI is now able to cancel laws to retrieve the empire points.

Added: AI is now able to activate laws (knowing that it costs Influence points).

Pirates now wait fleets that are coming to their systems before moving to another system (depending on their mission).

Refined some behaviors in the galaxy generator.

Several optimizations have been made for different parts of the game (GUI, Computation.).

Added population swap in United Empire Main Quest.

Added final rewards of all Main Quests (Chapter 4).

Added new content to curiosities (Modules / Space battle tactics / Star system improvements.).

Added founder heroes and the 5th Sophon hero.

Added a specific star type for the academy.

Added “exotic” effects on strategic weapons and defenses.

Added 2 new minor factions, Remnant and Pulsos.

Added technology Helper to suggest technologies to the player.

Academy/metaplot quests have been added.

New Scanview system management implemented.

Until then, I'll temporarily give Endless Space 2 three out of four Xes. We'll have a complete review for you on Friday. As you can see, it's no dwarf star, but a galaxy of bullet points. Here are the patch notes for the release version, also published below.

Endless space 2 united empire