8 weeks is long ... one of the main reasons I never bothered to play Milky Way, hell 6 weeks is longish 5 weeks seem to be a good medium.

However as start up will be slow I guess it could work, should provide entertainment for atleast 2-3 weeks.

Still don't understand why we're using 100x100 120x120 min would be better, but just my thoughts.

If your taking out ingame naps (which is ok who really cares) why not enable allies and stop this IA bs ? The players in this game are typically afraid of competition so you'll always wind up with 2 big alliances instead of a galaxy fighting for dominance as intended.

I couldn't find this in feedback, guessing we could post here.

~ Cloud

Enabling in-game alliances requires more work as the code there is broken, which would mean we'd have to wait to open the galaxy with no ETA on the feature being fixed.  People want another galaxy but also want in-game alliances.  Unfortunately we can't have it both ways right now.

IA isn't changing, feedback for that can be found by following this link.

The round length is a risk in either direction: starting resources will make it take longer to ramp up which would make 4 weeks not enough time to do anything.  If people dominate early then 8 weeks would be too much time.

It's possible 6 weeks would be best, but it's also possible that 10 or 12 weeks would be best.  Really, there's no way to know for sure without doing it.  Anybody's guess on this can end up being accurate, but at this point it's still a guess.

That detail is still up in the air though.  I'll be adjusting things at the end based on all of the feedback here, so if any of you reading this feel strongly one way or another please let us know.

Thanks for your input, Cloud.

no offensive pie but i think opening more galaxies will just make the game worst.. u need players to commit to a full round.. instead of lookin at the first week.. what was that shit that had family equally distanced or something no fam was closer then 8 ticks from the next. i dunno its several ideas maybe make a forum for players to voice their ideas and pick the 3-4 u like most and stick with them.. but i can still tell u this.. if the alliance code is so FUBAR why would u allow ia's never in IC history has it been allowed that ruined the entire setup.. i dunno why u couldnt leave the setup the way its been 8 fams 8-10 players and 1 draft and go from their.. dont half ass make changes if the alliance option is broken dont try and implentment IA's to temp fix the issue.. fix it all the way or leave it as is..

As far as I can tell, another new galaxy has been the most requested thing since SB opened

We'll be rolling out some more variants over time.  People have definitely expressed interest in variety.

As far as this galaxy goes, it's going to be delayed at least another day.  There are a few things I want to fix before we open it up.

Drafting wasn't part of the original game.  I suppose "classic" means different things to different players.

I love it, a classic galaxy. I'm not bitching... Just saying that I think for MW for example, it has been with drafts longer than without.
And I guess tons of people enjoy playing with randoms every round, I on the other hand want to play with people I chose.

The only thing which bothers me is the IA allowed included. Simply because personally I don't like it, and I'm failing to see how it is helping you to fix balance issues. Certainly when there are already two other galaxies where this rule has been applied.

i was excited

until i saw

"illegal alliances - allowed"

looks like time to quit playing for a while

Pie likes IAs.. well maybe not likes.. but finds they need to be in game play.. they are not going anywhere, anytime soon.

It's funny how allowing 'illegal alliance' is in itself already contradictory, as by allowing it, it's not longer illegal

Anyways, I'm sure there is some plan behind it. Gotta give Pie some credit for trying out new stuff (which never happened at all before Pie took over)... And I think Pie is quite well aware that playing with IA is not working very well, but as mentioned above, playing without 'allowing IA's' means some people play with, and some without...