Don't think much of many of the changes at all. The ranking of alliances by value change could be interesting but the Zik advantage would be too far out of balance. XP is not the greatest thing but it is a nice balance and works well for the rds where it has been used correctly. The cluster idea is also interesting but a bit out of balance when so much of this game depends/revolves around alliances. The core group of PA players play for their alliance, not for getting into a random and hopefully active cluster where there are more responsibilties for everyone to deal with. The BP size is too small as well. 2x2 or 3 person BPs just isn't enough coverage. Yes galaxies are smaller now. Yes there are fewer people playing. But 3/10 is still a small amount of the galaxy. If galaxy members are limited to 10 then 4 people (of your choosing not 2 pairs of 2) BPs would be a better situation but I'm all for 5 person BPs sticking around. The game is all about having fun and interacting with the people you care about eh? Those are the people that you BP with and are in an alliance with, not people you just happen to get lucky and land in-cluster with. Just my thoughts. <3 PA team for the work they do and trying to think up new changes, just make sure that all these changes are OPEN for discussion like you say they are.
