2022-01-13 FYI

[Yurk Embassy]

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.

I mean, as I told him: I gave him a chance to fight my arguments. He didn't bother. So I was already intending to ignore him from this point on.

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 a decide to mount a united defence against the attacker.

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.

Indeed, the Syndicate supremacy thing kinda killed the fun at the end. I'm not arguing with the idea the box was too small; originally, I was one of the "huge map enthusiasts" myself and I still believe a reasonable distance between empires should be retained. I also agree about your point on war. I remember people on the Discord talking about some sort of building that would generate a planetary shield which would need to be bombed consistently for hours or days, before being destroyed and an actual invasion being possible. This would involve some sense of attrition to the attacking side, making planetary sieges more credible, and leave the defending side some time to react.

It could be balanced by being a building limited to one per Empire-claimed planet (maybe unavailable on Inferno and Frigid?), that would take quite a lot of resources and time to be operational, or even having a one-hour-or-so cooldown between completion of the building and its shield being operational, would stop it from being abused by building a replacement shield monolith in the middle of a battle.

What if berth-a-porting and teleport invitations were nerfed?

To join a friend you just have to join their empire and recall. You should spawn at their capital or one of their cities.

I feel like it would pretty much work like it used to. That sounds like a good idea. To be fair, I thought myself that teleportation kinda killed the need for space travel. You could visit other people without having to set up a journey to them, and if you needed to move around your Empire, you could just request TP to your mates and boom! To the other end of your Empire-owned space you were. I fear it might have made space travel less relevant in a way, so a return to classic Recall Home mechanics would be fine by me.

On another note, with regards to what has been debated over the course of the last few pages, and Martianant's post at the top of page 9, don't hesitate to let us know your take on the question of scale at the moment.