[Remy]

Something to think about:

Amount of planets at PT 1 & PT 1177 during the last few rounds:

R48 - 717 - We will see.....
R47 - 733 - 854
R46 - 798 - 963
R45 - 780 - 973 (PT2 instead of PT1, did not have PT1)
R44 - 932 - 1381
R43 - 955 - 1118
R42 - 854 - 1076
R41 - 841 - 1103
R40 - 768 - 1056
R39 - ??? - 1170

So, Interestingly enough, the planet numbers was RISING up to R44 (something everyone was praying for, wasn't it?). R45 we saw a serious drop in numbers. Why? First thing i did was look at the 'Changes this round'. What i saw was this:

Round 45:
-Prelaunch for attacks now 2 ticks
-Prelaunch for defence now 6 ticks

Can we conclude that PL was a reason for many players to not play anymore? Also, this round, we have limited PL again and where we normally see a rise in numbers after a sumemr round, this round, which is sort of post-holidays, seems to be lower yet again. And yes, we have limited PL again too...

Draw your own conclusions....

But I say this: whatever the advantages of limited PL might be, it at least seems to have killed what we all wanted the most: more players. THAT is my preliminary conclusion.