starxplor, how is your empire controlling almost 200 worlds with 3 capitals without any defections? Is it just pure luck or did something get done about the secession limits?

Here is an updated map with the major powers' borders outlined very professionally in Microsoft Paint. Also updated in first post.

Larger empires can't attack smaller ones first without incurring massive penalties. Unless, of course, you go all space mongol and start attacking their undefended worlds willy nilly... in which case expect a visit from an Eldritch fleet or two. There are still several large regions of the map left ...

With the recent rebalancing and unit changes, starships have suddenly become much more relevant. The current map provides some very interesting strategic possibilities, with rift and nebulae placement... except... 90% of the galactic topography is rendered irrelevant due to fleets being able to path...

There are a lot of features from old Anacreon 2 which would be really nice to see implemented. Ambrosia, fortresses, warp gates and star gates, minefields etc etc.

https://neurohack.com/anacreon/manual/index.html

Interesting. It would definitely make managing a large empire easier. Making fleets perform actions upon arrival is useful, rather than have to log in and perform the action 2-3 hours after the fleet arrives at its destination. Another useful feature I think should be introduced is the ability to se...

Didn't starxplor do something similar on his website? It would be really cool if player stat tracking could be automated. Anacreon would benefit from having some sort of victory condition, right now it can feel a bit pointless after a while with no set objectives to complete. In Neptune's Pride you ...

updated You had a treaty with your neighbor and then killed him? You might be able to build a fast empire, but that isn't a very good way to play the game. "The promise given was a necessity of the past: the word broken is a necessity of the present." -- Niccolo Machiavelli Yes, the computer is not...

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Agree, it would be a cool feature. Most worlds in a cluster sit around redistributing resources, and having to calculate the optimal import/export percentages by hand can be quite tedious, so I just leave it alone until everything stabilises.

To expand on this... Protecting even marginally productive jumpship yards from gunship attack is going be extremely important In fact, any undefended world within sector capital range of a potential enemy is a liability. It can quickly be redesignated as a jumpbeacon after being conquered. Hence, be...

I noticed that when attacking high TL worlds fleets start at much higher orbit compared to attacking lower TL worlds. Has anyone else seen this? Also when attacking nebular worlds fleets seem to start at much lower orbit. Makes it easier when starting out in higher orbit, otherwise the extremely int...

Huh, that's funny. Looks like it's only affecting me for some reason. I have no idea why. I literally cannot move any fleet with ramjets in it, it just comes up with a "unable to plot a course" error. Even if the world I'm selecting as the destination is right next to the ramjet yard. Oh well, I gue...

The galaxy has been (mostly) scouted and the current map is here . Also updated in the first post. A rift zone divides the north and south, with 2 chokepoints at the far east and west respectively. There are 3 empires in the north and 3 in the south, not counting Omnithor. The center of the map is m...

Yeah, it does feel like it. World efficiencies are lower overall as well, starting at 50% instead of 100%.