[Siirenias]

Try to relate between SE IV and SE V as two animals in the same genre, and it's a little easier. V is more intricate, and I personally enjoy hand-shaping my empires. I dunno about presets, but I just checked, and my saved empires from my current game are loadable into a new game.

I know I enjoy SE V. However, my empire now spans half the quadrant with a standing navy of over 250 ships...and a turn can take a while. Also, I must look into reworking enemy design doctrine, as I find their loadouts to be disappointing under battleship tonnage.

As for bugs...I say avoid trying to recover fighters during combat. No idea how, and every time I try, it crashes the game. However, it's more likely that I leave the game open for days, playing a few turns, and having to save and reopen the app due to memory usage. Try to avoid any battles that could overload your processor, too. The battles look great, but so many little moving ships...can sure consume processing power.

Hope that helps!