is there a thread on proportions

[PvK]

Ok, well if you just mean that if you don't set it up carefully, and insist on expecting research and colonial development to proceed at the same speed as the unmodded game, then of course it will be a lot slower, because those are the main things that change in Proportions.

However, multiplying planet values doesn't abuse the mod all that much. It just gives you more resources to build things with, which means larger fleets and thus the potential for more action even sooner. It also means you could do more, sooner, with the output of small colonies, although it would still have the same small proportional effect compared to the homeworld. It would give you more to manage, though, so might tend to have the same management level as an unmodded game, though. Also, some of the economic decisions would be bent a bit, because the costs wouldn't change, so the long-term investment tradeoffs would be less of an issue.

PvK