The game seems amazing.
I did have problems with 9.14 and 9.16 with garbage, I really did not understand how to get people to gather it, having built two landfills in a singe area and it still did not solve the problem. Is distance an issue?
I liked that I had notifications on what was not going well and what I had to do, but I felt very limmited in expanding.
In the first game, by the time I had built a cute city, all other territories around me were conquered.
Second game I built a government office in the next availliable aera and had problems with garbage, and then all areas were conquered.
I can see the potential, and really really like what I see, but not being able to interact with the other races, I felt like I was playing a city-builder (a good one) where my expansion was limmited by my neighbours. Having read that the combat is not working still, and being warned by the planet, I did not start ttacking, (I also prefer being peacefull).
I will keep trying to get a smoother start, and come back with more impressions.