45 hasn't farmed anyone this round. ICD you should check your facts. The problem is there's not enough people playing, which means not enough families. Adding to that problem, you are going to be able to explore almost 5k planets this round. That's insane. That's why I would personally love to see some major changes next round.
50 families with 5-6 players in each. 1 draft spot. No allies until a date near the middle of the round where the top family must ally the lowest ranked family. Only 4k planets to start in MW and then half way through the round, new systems forming randomly to add another 2k planets. Or possible just have some game function where you can't send eships to explore after the half way point. You could still build them in case of blow ups in a war, but otherwise there's no new exploring going on. I don't know the solution, but we really need more families. With only 20 and really only 5 that are any good, the game is a mess.
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