Well I haven't read all the reply's that have been made, but I sure think that there can be changes...
but the statement that 2:3 will not be concerned about 150:10 is not true, an universe isn't a straight line but circulair
so if 150:10 is the last galaxy they will have 150:9 and 1:1 as direct neighbours.
The middle galaxies will therefore have the same difficulty as the boundary's
Furthermore I don't like the way how the ETA's are going up skyhigh, it will be very difficult for the normal person
(read: the one with a real life) to get some roids he will be covered all the time unless you find a big inactive galaxy.
I think when that happens I should go to the casino and try my luck there ;-)
The idea of that traveltime is good but the ETA's are just too high (not higher then 12hours is mho):
galaxy > a very low eta as low as eta 3 for ALL ships, just a privilige being in a galaxy
outside galaxy > I really think that warp zone is a good plan, start with eta 5, from there all ships will have the different eta's per class as we have now.
And also when you are in 1:1 it will take longer to travel to 50:10 then to 3:1 you can think of +1 eta per parallel or cluster change and a
maximal +eta of 2/3/4 per cluster/parallel going up. so when you are 1:1 and you go to 1:2 it will be eta5 + 1,
but when you go to cluster 50:1 it will be 5 + 2/3/4 =7/8/9 and when you als want to change the parallel for instance 50:10 it will be 7/8/9 +2/3/4 = 9/10/11
this last subject for short: you will need your neigbours a lot and will not go very far outside your nearby galaxy's,
everyone has neigbours ;-) but there is also a possibility for new targets if you combine your strength with your neighbours,
then you can go for max eta's.
I hope my english is good enough and the rest also ;-)
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