only thing i don;t like is the score system it is not working for the start because ppol deleted and than your score will drop its hard to get into top 5 with score if you had a bad start but coming back good you can be 1 in infra but still 15th in score..

rest i pretty much like rounds are long enough there is more competition there should be less deletion and all fams full

1. The increase was ok, I dident think it was needed, but for some reason the mods were insisting on going to 15 or so. I talked some sense into nolio

2.  distances from familys are fine, We fought the #1 fam 5th day of round, we had 2 top 8 fams skimish us around 10th day into round and we got into a war with a top 10 fam right afterwards. Its been 1 non stop war for us and this isent including all the top 17 fams near us. If we were any closer we would of had to make alot of naps before round started or just everyone suicide on us and we suicide on them.

3. Dont know, I left and dont know how the 2 gals were before the merger, but with so few people around atm I think it was the best thing. I always promoted the closers of tri/ and old pw yrs ago and believe the mods did the right thing here. I like more fams/players in a gal then having everyone spread out in differant gals for no competetion.

4. I liked the market being down the 1st 48hrs. I thought it promoted fam unity and organization. Unfortunatly for my fam half the people were inactive the 1st 4 days, so it hurt us alot, but thats fine. I thought it was good overall

5. Dont increase the round length plz, Ill go insane again if u do. 8 weeks is enough time to do everthing that needs to be done and if u dident do it within that time frame then u sat back and infra whored or just dident log on Plus anytime there is added gc/resources at the start, it speeds the game up alot more. This round things were rolling alot sooner then ever before

6. I thought the increased starting gc/resources were great, it leveled the playing field from the top to the bottom fams alot more. It also allowed the round to get going much faster and things happening sooner which means 8 weeks suddenly feels like 10+. Atm the top fam is double nw of the 17th rajnked fam and less then a week ago it was the 32nd ranked fam they were doubled. Thats awsome, I remember the days when m00lar was double nw of the 2nd ranked fam after 10 days in andro or in mw the 6th ranked fam after 10 days. Alot more fams are more equal right from the get go.

7. atm id have to say the map is just right, We got tons of fams attacking us and evan fams 18 ticks away trying to claim systems 3 ticks from our hs. If it were any smaller with this amount of fams and some fams will start off with 8 naps and others will just be in 1 huge war+ more planets seems to = more fun/chances for small fams

8. Without a reshuffle Id like to see the systems ranging from 8-22 in size, id also like to see lq's increase 1 gc per building or 500 pop. pop banking has gone down the tubes and its time to try something with them. U talk among yourselves, but this might be a start of somethign to try? I also still like hydrops old idea with the imperial guard for bankers. They got awsome defense, but sucky offense and the cost of them in r race is maybe 15-20 race points? revelons/pax get them automatically.

9. whats is gotm? ill do my part

Nolio I mentioned after this round started to consider not having the score system start till 48hrs into the round.

Last round i noticed the problem with the score system when we were hanging out at 18th nw, 21st in size and never getting past 31st in score due to people comming and going non stop. It does need adjusting, but the other thing is early on the nw/sizes of fams change dramatically and score is off. We hit and brought 45 down from #1 to 12th like the 6th day of the round. At the time they were 1st in score and us 2nd, it took us like 4 more days to finally pass them in score when they were 12th and us 1st -2nd in nw at the time.

adjust it to where size matters more then nw as time goes on in round+ atleast dont start it till 48hrs into the round and consider waiting till 7 days.

to be honest l like everything about the round except one thing

please allow fams like 1441 to be able to kick out at least 1 member b4 SOR so when u get someone like TYMO you can get rid of him b4 round starts

nice bait WS but im no fish

1. How do you feel about the fam sizes this round? Did the increase of 13 from 12 have a positive, negative or no effect on  you? Positive

2. What do you think about the distance between the families? Do you feel you had a better or lesser chance to grow properly? Do you feel that you have a better or lesser chance at choosing targets? Greater Chance

3. What do you think about MW/Andro merging thus far? Do you think that it increases competition or lowers it? Do you feel that you have a higher or lower chance at getting into stronger familes than in andromeda and milky way? It increase the chances of getting into much stronger fams

4. What do you think about the Market being disabled for 48 hours? Do you think it enhanced or minimalized the importance of getting a good production on the first day? Do you think it helped you or hindered you from growing?  makes everyone have a fair start

5. The round length. Do you think it should be extended an extra 2-4 weeks or remain at 8 weeks? Do you think that you still have a good shot at getting into the top 5 or is the round simply too short to make a comeback? I dunno

6. The starting resources. Should they be increased, lowered or is it just fine?  Just fine how they are

7. Do you think that the map is too big, too small or just right? Just right

8. What kind of changes would you like added for next round? Things that will improve gameplay and still keep it balanced at the same time without providing an extra advantage over anyone. hmm.. More oops and better choices

9. The mod team would like to enter this game in the gotm competition next month. Will you help as long as changes continue? Yes most defintely

Imperial Conflict    November 2003
Imperial Conflict    November 2000

good month for it next month

5. No extra time. Rounds are long enough as they are.

6. Anything is fine.

7. For the number of familys its good.

8. Marked back to normal. I would like some possibility to do something against this: if small attackers enter your core(to small to be targeted) that you can kick them out. maybe something like people can be attacked in the first 24 hours when they enter a system no matter how big they are in NW. Cause it really sucks to have people in big familys give away planets, rejoin as camaar and then enter systems of the opposing family in order to screw them over. Their is basilcly no way of fighting that strat if its executed properly.

9. Not sure what that is.

1. How do you feel about the fam sizes this round? Did the increase of 13 from 12 have a positive, negative or no effect on  you? Positive

2. What do you think about the distance between the families? Do you feel you had a better or lesser chance to grow properly? Do you feel that you have a better or lesser chance at choosing targets? a Greater Chance

3. What do you think about MW/Andro merging thus far? Do you think that it increases competition or lowers it? Do you feel that you have a higher or lower chance at getting into stronger familes than in andromeda and milky way?
we all have a better chance of getting in to  much stronger fams. but players are still mass deleting at the start and we still have the dying farm fams at the bottom 10 or so,like always.notting new

4. What do you think about the Market being disabled for 48 hours? Do you think it enhanced or minimalized the importance of getting a good production on the first day? Do you think it helped you or hindered you from growing?  makes everyone have a fair start

5. The round length. Do you think it should be extended an extra 2-4 weeks or remain at 8 weeks? Do you think that you still have a good shot at getting into the top 5 or is the round simply too short to make a comeback? leave it alone! too long and it will be boring.

6. The starting resources. Should they be increased, lowered or is it just fine?  Just fine.

7. Do you think that the map is too big, too small or just right? Just right!

8. What kind of changes would you like added for next round? Things that will improve gameplay and still keep it balanced at the same time without providing an extra advantage over anyone.
do something about the fam forum,we cant even edit/remove old entries/whats the point of having the vl tag if it does notting?
and  the score ranks.. they DO suck.

9. The mod team would like to enter this game in the gotm competition next month. Will you help as long as changes continue? sure y not?

1. How do you feel about the fam sizes this round? Did the increase of 13 from 12 have a positive, negative or no effect on  you?
- Quite nice actually.  Easily manageable.  I do however, miss the days when you used to get to play with 8 of your friends, while still meeting new people. 

2. What do you think about the distance between the families? Do you feel you had a better or lesser chance to grow properly? Do you feel that you have a better or lesser chance at choosing targets?
- Grow easily, yes.  Allows you to get good infrastructure in place.  However, I dont' like the uniformity.  It's too evenly spread out, no variability, and no creative ways to deal with the map.  'Terrain' always adds a new dimension to gameplay imo, and I think it'd be nice to have that back.

3. What do you think about MW/Andro merging thus far? Do you think that it increases competition or lowers it? Do you feel that you have a higher or lower chance at getting into stronger familes than in andromeda and milky way?
- Brilliant idea.  Gotta get the players to play together imo.

4. What do you think about the Market being disabled for 48 hours? Do you think it enhanced or minimalized the importance of getting a good production on the first day? Do you think it helped you or hindered you from growing?
- Another brilliant idea.  Previously it was whoever got the end bids would have a decent start.  Ofcourse this doesnt matter in the long run, but it definitely sets the active ppl in the right direction easier.  Added a new dimension to the 'start strat' and I loved it.
- However, those individual players going SS - I feel they might be effected a bit.

5. The round length. Do you think it should be extended an extra 2-4 weeks or remain at 8 weeks? Do you think that you still have a good shot at getting into the top 5 or is the round simply too short to make a comeback?
- As a pop banker, a couple extra weeks would be nice   As a fam point of view, I think 2 months is okay except for the fact that you probably go through the whole round without really getting to see all the top families ..or at least the families in your bracket.

6. The starting resources. Should they be increased, lowered or is it just fine?
- Just fine!  Loved the extra resources.  Speeds up the round by a considerable amount.  Planets are already so OB etc etc.

7. Do you think that the map is too big, too small or just right?
- Not sure, not attacking.  Looks big, but there are a lot of families too, so its okay.  Still don't really like the equal spacing between the fams though.  Would be nice to have those areas of interest again where people all target - Does provide more fronts to conduct battle!

8. What kind of changes would you like added for next round? Things that will improve gameplay and still keep it balanced at the same time without providing an extra advantage over anyone.
- Again, going back to the map - I'd like to see a bit of variability.  But thats just a personal preference.

9. The mod team would like to enter this game in the gotm competition next month. Will you help as long as changes continue?
- No! Am retiring again! Death to IC!!! r0ar!!!

Joor: Bahamut - you can't attack for 48 hours. Also there's a bug at market having infinity food and thus cash...

What does that have to do with anything I wrote?

If there is a bug in marked it needs to be fixed no matter if marked is up or not early.

The only thing I can think about is that you read what I wrote wrong about the 24 hours someone is in a system. This has nothing to do with start of round. Its about game balance and a strat that has been abused for a long time. Oh PM(Protection Mode) helps this strat to. PM is still stupid, no matter what and should be changed or get rid of.

TRI and 8 MAN draft FTW!