but just incase he doesn't then you need to go build 5 more imperiums and make them all level 10...don't come back here until you have completed that.

Get as many people as you can to send Dan the same message several times a day, every day until the problem is fixed or he responds with a decent reply to this thread

Dan would most likely either ban us or suspend our report functionality.

Yeah...and I want to put the tag on, but my sig is too long if I do that, sorry nam, but I'll tr to.get a different Enigma sig.y

This whole thing was one of the big factors that drove me from the game several months ago. If you take away the entire value of spending time NPCing, which is gaining resources that allow you to improve planets (terraformers, toxic purifiers), there simply isn't enough material in the high-ranks to make it worth staying around.

I'm not sure if refusing to make the couple of minor changes necessary to allow these worthwhile NPCs to expand to rank 9999 is simply a way to prevent people from autoranking, and thus avoid having to make game content to cater to those high-rank autorankers. If we're given the ability to hunt for the materials to make new project planets (terraformers and toxic purifiers) and the ability to hunt for the materials necessary to protect our work on those project planets (planet fluxes), the need for new content will be mitigated, as we'll have something productive for ourselves to do to go along with the energy sinks that are bases, base battles, and legion missions.

This +1.

Also, people needn't worry about the "NPC" autorankers outgrowing a rank 9999 limit, as it will take like 10 years for that to happen(hell even a 5k limit would take like 2 years), as even at just rank 2602, i can barely manage 3 ranks a day npc'ing without it being too painful to continue.

I personally would like to see new npc that have the the planet enhancers as part of their drops, something a little more difficult (but still a 1 person NPC) then as easy as Troop carriers must be for a rank 2199.

But i do agree having nothing isn't a good thing.

I'll hold out hope for you guys that dan isn't answering because he's just not ready to release said npc's but it'll be soon, i hope. maybe.

--myst

At that point i would just join weaker friendly legions let them all get a hit on like a lvl 6 and then crush the base so they get better drops and badges

never know dan might introduce them as a super rare legion mission.... just to solve it... but then again, legion missions are done so now what?

I have a feeling Dan is ignoring this

Yep. Would be very nice to hear from him.

Not just Dan either, I have sent PM's to Maude as well, imploring them both, that they really do need to at least comment on these threads.

The comment will be " we will look in to this after (insert random thing )

So... When's this gonna happen?

It will happen when Dan/Darkstar/the developer (hoping for search result hits on those) feels like it.
Now, to add my voice.... Dan, please, at least give these people an answer. I know that many of them still spend GP, but they still deserve an answer. If that answer is no, tell it to them like a man. Hiding will not help in this case.
I personally think that there should be no rank limit on these NPCs. That will encourage people to keep playing, earning you more money. Ultimately, it's up to you. Do what you feel will best benefit the game.
Dan, if you have read this, thank you.