[Motti]

While reading the convo here with ideas to nerf/buf covop, ideas for those being covopped giving a fighting chance to retaliate and soforth,

I can but only think that the simple, and logic solution to the "cov op problem" is JUST BUY GUARDS! (or sec centres, or tweak population)

C'mon, so what if someone is playing it small, feeding galaxy or gimping someones planet, it is a active choice for that planet to do so. While it is also an active choice for whoever gets covopped to evaluate if the cost of hiring guards is higher then the cost of being covopped.

Simples pals - solution to a non problem.

It is not planet devastating to invest in guards, it is just one of those things you must perhaps priority, just like defence ships or whatnot.