Slitherine

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Each ship needs fuel too, although this time there's just one fuel type, which I'm mildly disappointed by, but is probably a better design decision.

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...the new ability to set immigration policy on a per-planet basis rather than just empire-wide, and the same is true for resource storage policies. Civilian transports will manage deliveries and stock levels as before, but you can alter their priorities to stockpile or clear out any given resource from any planet or station.

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Exploration ships have new, more nuanced AI settings to differentiate between basic exploration, prospecting, and spying.

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One of many details that experienced players will recognize as a potentially huge problem solver is the replacement of fiddly and unreliable supply ships with fuel tankers. These too can be supervised and manipulated from an accessible list, but more crucially will now seek out and deliver fuel directly to fleets, keeping them from abandoning their posts to fly back to a fuel source.

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...destroyed ships can now leave behind debris, from which you can salvage resources, money, or scraps of knowledge.

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Planets are no longer icons only a few sizes larger than a ship, but big ol' orbs, which "does affect the tactics too, because you can't cover the planet with just one spaceport anymore. You usually need a defensive fleet, or several orbital bases to fully cover it from attack."

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The list of playable factions has been cut from 20 to seven "because each faction frankly is a huge amount more work than it was in Distant Worlds". It's a small disappointment, but should still allow wide range of playstyles, and the remaining species will be available as independents who provide bonuses if conquered or peacefully assimilated.

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Sensor stations will help with this, as should the new "dangerous locations" menu, which records threats like space monsters and pirates, plus when you last scouted the area.

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Up until reading this article, I thought Distant Worlds 2 was going to have two fuel resources, similarly to its prequel, DW:U. I am not exactly sure why the author of the article, Sin Vega, thinks removing the second fuel resource should equate to "better [game] design," or why Elliot thought this change was necessary at all. I'm surprised, to say the least.

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ORIGINAL: zgrssd

Two upkeep resources - especially if you are just going to fully transition between the two - add nothing but confusion and uncertainty. I mean I could see it becomming sometimes relevant (needing to rush the tech that used the 2nd Fuel). But mostly, it was just unessesary detail. More a annoyance, then a factor. Something that tankers would just take care off either way.

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For the sake of the argument, to make two fuel types worthwhile, I would allow for one fuel type to be objectively better than the other, but also significantly more rare. This way, all empire's would want to design their ships with the better fuel in mind, but only some could guarantee a healthy supply of it (and even then, maybe only for a select few ships).