[Wolfman77]

I only played the mod one time, really enjoyed it, but got distracted for the time being by Adamant. The only ploblem I had with the monsters was the one that destroyed my planet fairly early on. The rest were dispatched with good weapons platforms, and were slow enough that even my colony ships could outrun them in battle. But that was single player with tactical combat. Other than that, I didn't think the monsters were too powerful.

Increasing reaserch for them is a great idea as AI bonuses can offset this to make them harder if a player wants. I hope changing weapon damage and component sizes won't make them too easy though.