This time I started a game as a Maloq at normal difficulty and I see quite a change: much more pirates attacking me (due to strained racial relations) and I've died more frequently than in the first game.
I only jumped into black holes a few times so I've never been up against 3-4 dominators (though Keller may count for 4
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Either you're uncannily like the AI, or 4 dominators in the same black hole doesn't leave you enough maneuvering room inbetween encounters?
Now that I'm a Maloq, I suppose I should start taking a more aggressive stance and pre-emptively take out some pirates...