A warp 4 layer, so it is no longer only needed for juxta / UZ?

I like the idea of more buildable space with the way things currently are the uni is overstuffed. Also the idea of a pure w4 layer is epic, make higher lvl roaming ai, new ai, more difficult DG's even a few new ubers perhaps, also this would make a good spawning point for the invasions that are planned.

This sounds great. Make the W4 with some badass AI. Still expand wild space.

So if you are no longer doing any processing on empty gals expanding the uni will actually probably not eat up that much more resources, in fact you could increase dramatically with very little impact.

I would not want the uni to get too big though, many wars are by necessity and a vast bountiful uni will make us all fat and temporarily happy, though eventually bored.

If you are going to increase the size of the uni you should do it with the base cap or team player cap increasing.

the best way to use up all these new found processor cycles would be to increase the playerbase ASAFP.

how are you going to connect cpu capacity with playerbase? that one needs money for ad.-s

There is a direct relationship to the number of players and the amount of resources used.

i got an idea, instead of putting in more buildable space,, make the galaxies bigger, i mean.. RL galaxies got over 9000 solar systems, loads of planets & suns & roids..

Make SS galaxies look like this,, at least 20 solar systems per galaxy, so it'd make more sense.

galaxies that we KNOW of

"Galaxy" in Star Sonata is more of a technical meaning rather than reflecting real life. In this game, it simply means a collection of solar systems, and each random galaxy has 1-3 solar systems in it.

Adding more solar systems per galaxy is an interesting idea, but I'm not sure it would actually make the game play any better and I am sure it would make many aspects of both the server and the client less efficient.

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Maybe instead of increasing the number in every galaxy, you could have the uni generator make 1 in 20 or so galaxies in Wild Space have 4 or 5 "solar systems" in it? They would be coveted as HQ galaxies, could lead to interesting developments on uni reset.

I think a few super galaxies might be cool also.

Not sure if this has been said somewhere, or if its just obvious to people, but increasing the amount of solar systems in a galaxy would be pointless unless the base slot cap in gals was either removed or increased. Even with 2 solar systems in my galaxy, 25 bases is nowhere near enough to reach the potential of what is offered.

The solution may sound simple; just lift the base cap and woo thats it! But it also throws in another issue. Since there are more slots free for StMast's to build in the galaxy, it becomes even more harder to assault by an enemy team. Even with the cap at 25 bases per galaxy currently, a well defended and thought out galaxy is near impossible to kill as it is.