I should reinstall it. I have some incredible games over the years. I found diplomacy far more interesting than the monolithic genocide/isolationist gameplay loop, if only because it adds spice to the game. One of my best games was when I experimented with the new (at the time) vassal system back when fleet caps were absurd, and I ended up in a galactic battle with an Awakened Ascendancy that absolutely piledrove the endgame back into their dimensional rift. The final battle was two 1M fleets^[1] slugging it out that took 45 minutes to resolve and brought my framerate down to single digits. Good times.