I'd only be in favor of that, if the HQ gal was allowed to have more than the 25 base limit. It should really, it should be the strongest of all a teams systems, 30 seems like a perfectly reasonable number for an HQ system.

Damn, I basically restated what jeff had said. Oh well..

A suggestion for Jeff: it would be interesting for future resets that the shape of wild space changes with each new uni. Currently we have the spiral, next uni the blob, universe after maybe a 4-arm spiral or a box etc. Would keep universe resets interesting. Was talking to a teammate who said he was getting bored of universe resets after doing it in a spiral galaxy shape since forever, but said he has regained interest in how things are gonna work out with this new shape.

Bonanza uni FTW!

Awesome idea.

/signed

i would strongly oppose decreasing the quality of galaxies... In my mind, having more plentiful galaxies results in a net increase in the amount of resources out there, but most big teams already achieve their maximum potential in the current wild space size, so in the new universe they will all get slightly more maybe, but then smaller teams will also get a chance to come in and get a share of the pie. A couple unis back when we had a fairly comprehensive map of where teams were in the universe, there were fewer than 10 small teams that actually had space in wild space. With the new numbers and structure i can see many smaller teams getting some territory in wild space.

If you're still not convinced, i must ask what your motivations are for decreasing the resource abundance.... If you're trying to induce fighting over scarce resources consider two things: 1) people will still fight. Even with resources as they are in the current universe, fights primarily occur under AT LEAST the pretense of an offense because to do otherwise would be unseemly. With the new structure those same fights will still happen. and 2) because the universe will be able to support more high end players, smaller teams actually gaining a foothold and growing is actually possible. Maybe more than the top 15 teams will get space in wild space?

tl;dr:
Before you go and ruin the great gift you've given us, consider if there might be other ways to achieve your goals than simply nerfing the crap out of resource abundance.

There has always been one "super" galaxy in the game since the beginning. Of course, it's maybe not that super, but it does get double resources and an extra AI base.

Ursae Majoris is a good example of a "Super" galaxy.

we all guessed as such.

I just went to this uni's map an counted the number of teams that owned galaxies in wild space... 18; I'm not in game right now to check but i would hazard a guess that those are the top 18 teams... with the 3 smallest having just a pathetic number of galaxies. I would contend that in order for star sonata to grow, the amount of resources MUST increase; ideally it would be a smooth increase matching the growth of the playerbase but I would argue we've already fallen behind. Especially with how the new content requires vast resources than anyone outside SP and DM can hardly afford because they haven't been hoarding those commods for 30+ unis, many teams will be scrambling to claim those resources so they might one day afford to build a <fill in the blank>, and perhaps with a universe as large and well endowed as the one on test some new teams might be able to claim some as well.

tl;dr: in order for SS to grow, the universe must grow. both in size and in quantity of goods.

kyp sums it up very nicely

+1 for kyp!

Counted 20 teams. Pancakes, Eminence Front, RFaction, DM, Mad+, Army of Peace, Zephyr, Traders, Legion, Aidelon, PC, Heaven, _Elite_, Silver Guardians, LC, RE, Caliente, Pants, Cocked and Loaded, and No Bull.

All had at least one gal at one time this uni.

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