Quote Originally Posted by Decker View Post
The only things I am worried about is the diplomacy and the modding (which I hope is easy because this seems like a good game to mod imho )...
Well I think you'll be quite pleased with the modding aspect, as the team has already built some pretty amazing mod tools (although I don't know if they'll be included in the soon-to-be-released beta). By most accounts, GalCiv2 was fairly easy to mod -- although be advised that I can't claim first-hand knowledge of this -- and Stardock has repeatedly stated their intention to make Elemental even more so. And unlike certain game companies that shall not be named, generally speaking Stardock has actually come through on what they say they're going to do.

As for diplomacy, I have very few worries about it myself. GalCiv2 is one of a small handful of games I've played where diplomacy is actually meaningful -- although admittedly, I suspect probably not as much as in most Paradox titles -- and I cannot imagine Brad Wardell slacking off in that department with EWM. Indeed, between the recently announced dynasties feature and the just-announced vassals feature, the game's diplomatic system looks to be quite robust.