Just thought id suggest this as it's already in the game for Single Player it shouldnt be too difficult to implement in to Multiplayer.

How about the ability to actually be able to adjust the game speed during a Multiplayer game to 1x, +2x, +4x +8x, -2x, -4x,-8x

I know alot of people appreciate longer game's but personally if I have friends over and play a LAN or am short on time id prefer to have a quicker game than have to save & come back to it later when I've forgotten what im doing, and currently if thats with a single friend, or just random people online it's not all that feasible.

The host would obviously need to be able to set if the players could control the game speed (Fixed or Adjustable in the Game Options Menu) and if it is adjustable all players would have control over it (much like Supreme Commander and Total Annhilation).