As a high rank still playing and still enjoying the game, kinda figured I would drop into this thread.

First I don't blame Dan for not showing up here cause 99 percent of the time anything directed towards him is pretty much flat out rude or in a round about way an insult or openly made to be both... I'm pretty sure Dan has a life outside of the game maybe family who knows it doesn't matter he still deserves respect regardless of him satisfying everyone's game needs.

He couldn't of known how big how fast some ships would grow or what worked at the beginning might not work now, the fact that we push boundries to see what's ahead and when there is nothing its pretty much our fault and that means being patient and waiting *or* more coming up with easy fixes to guide Dan so he can do something for us and keep interest for new players and much lower ranks without having to devote time to one end or the other.


Some of my ideas would be..

1) High rank 4k above mission chain doesn't need fantastic rewards just low xp gain and high energy use forget the 800 energy lets talk 3-5k energy per hit burning off 30-50k energy on a 10 hit mission completion to slow high ranks down it needs to burn off energy make us crack open a few energy cubes and tri's.


2) lets revamp the Flamehawk to crimson flamehawk mach 4 for 4k plus ranks make it glow brighter red give it some extra hull match its attack and defence and give it a 30% chance of handing out a random red badge that reward makes it worth going after without it being a simple 7 click oh yay another obelisk and there is a need for high ranks to be able to have ways of getting those badges.


3) redesign the Vicar to a permanent elite give it a new look buff it a little keep those devastating forward cannons and make the high ranks work for the reward which could be nothing more than the random chance of hacking or raiding the elite for a blue or yellow badge.


when we started this game every thing was hard didn't have the energy , didn't have the attack power what we need is simple fixes that put our ships to the test and make it a challenge to complete and requires using a lot of our excessive resources.

I know building mission chains take time, but they don't have to be new many of us haven't seen those missions for years, we would all like to see maybe another go at gaia seeds or another chance at a 4th rift etc redesign them a little bring them back for high ranks but make them a full on challenge.


Dan created a awesome game 5 years ago it still is, sure it lacks in a few areas *now* cause of the way it's grown, but I totally believe nasty and disrespectful will get this game flat out nothing. Bring back some game creator respect offer some genuine doable easy fixes without putting a time frame on and this game could remain awesome for a lot more years and I hope it does I'm no where near ready to retire from it.

I think you have to look at this from Dan's perspective. He can give you new npcs (in other words, give you reason to autorank). The npc can have a rank cap of 6000 or 7000. But what happens when you reach that rank? He'll have to add more npcs. High ranks grow exponentially faster than low ranks on account of their high energy bar and high attack. If he keeps adding new npcs with increasing rank caps, the gap between the high ranks and low ranks will grow wider and wider and soon he'll have to remove the rank 9999 cap. I don't think that's something that he wants to happen.

I think you have to look at this from Dan's perspective. He can give you new npcs (in other words, give you reason to autorank). The npc can have a rank cap of 6000 or 7000. But what happens when you reach that rank? He'll have to add more npcs. High ranks grow exponentially faster than low ranks on account of their high energy bar and high attack. If he keeps adding new npcs with increasing rank caps, the gap between the high ranks and low ranks will grow wider and wider and soon he'll have to remove the rank 9999 cap. I don't think that's something that he wants to happen.