Planet descriptions

Published on Thursday, March 5, 2026 By L8sP33D In Sins of a Solar Empire II

Hello there,

as I'm logged in now, I thought about posting a small wishlist of mine.   

I'm always struggling with the planet types and their differences.

Especially after I annexed one, I can't see the maxed out stats anymore. Therefore I never remember which type is good for wich role (defence, production, population etc.).

It's not that important I know, but together with a role hint or an "show max stats (pop/log/hp/mil)" flag you could add some depth to the game with adding planet type descriptions.

This would help differentiate the planets and adding a background story like:

"Iceplanets are cold and unforgiving, home to only a few settlers but rich in crystalline. They offer not only valuable resources, artifact findings are not uncertain as well. Empires are able to build medium logistics (12) and defences (30) into orbit."

I'm sure you could add better lines, this is just for clarification   .

And another point I've:

After 70 hours I got the first glimpse on a TEC City Planet and it's design falls apart all others.

I always expected a Coruscant look but I got a somehow Celshading/Planetary Annihilation (the newer game) like planet. That's so different from all others with irritatingly proportions. I just dislike it's uglyness - SORRY   

Maybe I will find that on a roadmap someday - thanks for reading through and all the work you've already done. 

Cheers!