Before the nerf it was too OP I agree, getting 10-20 pops per month was nuts.
However now they didn't just add that each army protects 2 pops, they also reduced the capture rate by like 80 or 90%, essentially killing a raiding stance which is the reward of picking an ascension perk, the same perks that give you megastructures and or system-ending capabilities.

I'm asking for a mod that hits a fair middle ground, keep their nerf that has armies protect pops, but keep the old capture rate of pops.

I feel like if I defeated the enemies fleets and defenses, spend an ascension perk and take my time to bomb, I should be rewarded, not feeling like I should just send in an army (aka why bother with the perk at all).