Well yknow there was a trait back in the old old xenology mod called Apex Predator that gave a bunch of army buffs and a admiral trait that gave increased damage against all the crisis types, I think it was 33% or something like that, it was a very cool trait that added alot for roleplaying especially when you combined with it with the Deathworld origin from AlphaMod (I think its from there). I asked this before in the official xenology mod comments but the dev didnt give a reply, do you think you could do it?

Doesn't look too hard to add, so expect an update in about an hour-ish

hnnnnnnnnngh i coomed

Don't want to take anything away from your effort, but in terms of design I always found Superior Species had a better approach to these traits, as it standardized the costs and benefits to fit an already existing paradigm while keeping the leader bonus idea. You might want to have a look-see, since combining some of the more… boring traits is a pretty good idea.

What was Devious' stated reason for having removed the Apex Predator Trait in the first place?

Well, Apex Predator is from the old-old Xenology mod (Xenology : Traits Reborn) so when Xenology : Traits Expansion Neo came around (which was more of a full rework than an update) Apex Predator got nixed. Devious then took a break from Stellaris modding which leads us to today. So TL;DR: No idea

Cool. I don't personally see a balance problem with it, but I haven't actually tried using it yet.

Hedonistic seems a bit over powered. Its impossible to get enough consumer goods in early games without cheating. Maybe as a balance and flavor might I suggest having a pop increase bonus? Hedonistic after all implies lots of sex.

After seeing an Ensign AI struggle to get alloys in a test game, I've adjusted Hedonistic to be slightly less annoying to take. I still won't let the AI spawn with it though.

Thanks, no problem about the AI, I prefer extra trait mods to be player only anyway.

The biggest suggestion I hate is to add additional hive and machine traits. They are the ones actually most in need of more traits and that they are not just renamed versions of biological traits but actually different.

Yes, I'd like to see a few more Hive-only Traits, a few more Machine Empire-only Traits.

it would be great to put in some robotic traits, the old xenology module had some so if you dont feel creative you could just nick those and put them in. is better than nuffin

Much of this traits must be compatible with lobotomy one.

Can you make additional Xenology module that will make ai force pick at least 3 trait picks, or overwrite species trait picks and make minimum trait picks requirement. I always find strange that ai empire species often only have 1 or 2 traits.