New beta build! https://wiki.arcengames.com/index.php?title=AI_War_2:Multiplayer_Alpha_And_Beta#Beta_2.768_RAM_Reduction You need to use the current_beta branch on Steam or GOG to play this one. If you have trouble with it, there is a most_recent_stable_beta, now, too. This one has even more buffs to frigates, and it also makes the vanilla Marauders quite a bit more buff. Thanks to CRCGamer for orchestrating both of those. This build also sees the removal of Fleet Capacity Extenders, as they have been super overpowered in the beta. This also removes High Capacity Transports, but replaces those with a very intriguing new High Energy Transport. The new transport option provides the first major new way to get energy in quite a while, and in this case it's a ton of energy in exchange for a decent pile of hacking points (60). Please see the release notes for detailed rationale on both, but this in general should make the game substantially more balanced (players have been enjoying some very OP combinations for a bit now). This version is also retiring support for OpenGL on OSX: nobody needs it, and it turns out that it actually does run much worse. Metal is now the sole graphics framework that we provide for OSX, which basically what Apple prefers anyhow. On my old 2011 macbook that is FAR below minimum specs for running the game, the changes in this build take me from "so laggy I can barely move the mouse properly" to "smooth as butter with models off" again. Another big win on the technical front? Without reducing visual quality in a way that would be visible, we've massively optimized our RAM usage. The total savings are around 700MB of RAM usage removed now, which also makes the game load that much faster, too. If you have been watching our youtube channel or the watch_chris_art discord channel, then you also saw I painted the first DLC2 unit today. It's a relatively small Zenith unit, called the Hersir (pictured below). My new art pipeline is ready!