(06-25-2019, 04:26 PM)Haxus Wrote: XML Star Map Nerf
A primary design goal of SoH was to present a game space so vast that it could not be dominated by one single player or faction. The XML output of the star map breaks that design goal. One single player, using a network of listening posts, is able to monitor the entire universe for slight changes in the XML output that reveal the presence of new players.
XML export function removed from star map.
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Haxus, being able to export the star map XML and use programs to search through it for resources was a pretty integral part of the game. Couldn't you have changed the information in it so that we can't abuse it to find players anymore but can still use it for finding resources? When you're running a large empire looking around for the resources you need in-game can be very clunky, and I think every player who has expanded to more than a few systems has used external programs to scan through for resources.