2022-01-13 FYI

[Deantwo]

Dean, Wincil here seems to be the only one who keeps repeating again and again that SoH "isn't a PvP game" even though it's technically wrong, and despite the fact this is not the question we're raising in the first place.

As far as I remember Wincil does have some social issues, so better to just not think badly of it. Yes the constant repeated messages that don't further any discussion is annoying, so just ignore it.

... as you said yourself: it'll be easier to add more sectors later if it doesn't work, than to remove them when the map already exists as a huge entity. So why not simply give it a try and let it prove beneficial or not, then adjusting according to our observations or leaving it as it is if it proves better? Again, Haxus's call, but I'm puzzled as to why this topic is subject to that much debate in the first place. Those of us who were there from at least the Box to last Universe, have seen what a huge map ends up like.

If Haxus wants to give it a try again, I am fine with it. The time of "The Box" was fun, but most of that is probably just fond nostalgia as it was right after the dark period. Interest did start dying out before the box was opened as people started to feel crammed and oppressed by Syndicate.

I would rather we work on making sudden attacks from large empires less devastating and fast. If eliminating another empire is more of a hassle than helping them relocate, we will see less reasons for newbiestomping and more diplomacy. For example attacks on a much smaller empire could be automatically broadcast to everyone within range, letting people know what is happening even if the defender is inactive, that way neighboring empires have a chance to mount a united defence against the attacker if they become more aggressive.

But we also still need more reasons to actually interact with other empires. We can trade with each other now, but that is only gonna be useful early on where everyone is still surveying for better resources for themselves.