Well, I request more *well-thought out* planet types, as the last update indeed was. I`m not taking it upon myself to come up with any, I`m just floating the request... . More would be wonderful (variety, surprises).

Some nice ideas here, good work.

Personally, as i said before in the original Forbidden Worlds thread, i would like to see some new techs, which would further improve the differences between the factions - for example, in case of VL i would like to see few more techs making me feel that Vorastra is that supposed "mobile homeworld" its supposed to be...cause its really not, IMHO. Well, it technically is, on that most basic level, as it allows you to play without planets - but i would like to see more "bells and whistles" associated with that, even if these are mostly of a cosmetic nature.

You can apply the same principle to all the other factions.

I. good idea

II. in a DLC it is not possible, I think a new race would need another full expansion, or a new game..

III. no need to have more ships, you cannot make new and needed ship types, because there isn't any.

IV. 5 dollars doesn't hurt anyone, I am poor but still bought it to support the devs work for those long years instead of leaving this game rot after 1-2 years...

V. I play without pirates so.. They completely ruin my playstyle, I hate them.

VI. true, but devs are already working on it, and not very easy to reach.

VII. true, but if possible, not the classic music genre, this does not really fit space battles or the time between them.

VIII. No. We don't need more, those 3 new ones are not that good, getting more is not a good idea. Rankulas is OK though not really useful, Discord is a waste of mones as it runs out of antimatter too fast and is weak, Corsev is good but i can live without it.

IX. I don't think that is a good idea.

X. maybe

XI. if I knew what you mean here.. the existing tactical structures are too weak, need much bigger range IMO, so getting more would be strange if the existing ones are not that useful.

Yes, the battles, but not the time between them when you are managing your empire, build, etc. I would personally prefer something more space related, like electronic music (as I am an electronic music fan), slow, electronic sounds. Endless Space has awesome background music, Sins has average if you ask me.

- A violent solar flare, which decimates the population on all planets in a small arc (say 20 degr.) of the solar system.

- You could discover a factory on a random planet, which produces something like in the Dune series: a huuuuge cargo ship capable of carrying a number of ships instantaneously to any planet. But it has a disadvantage, a cargo ship has a 10% chance of never arriving at its destination. A cargo ship should also takes a lot of fleet points.

- Perhaps you could find the wreckage of an ancient Titan on an asteroid world. With some costly research you could make it function again. It would give you a valuable addition to your fleet. It wouldn't be as big and powerful as the Titans in the game, because it's really ancient, but still better than a capital ship.

- Perhaps also a nice discovery could be the seeds of a living, sentient starbase. If you research it, you could make it grow. I imagine it would be cheap to build, but it's alive so it has some disadvantages. No shields. No armor. Lots and lots of hull and a high repair rate which depends on the distance to the sun - the closer to the sun, the faster it'll build and the higher its regen rate. I suppose it would also do little damage to ships, not as much as a normal starbase. I suppose it could also whither away after a while and then you've to build one again (not because it's useful, but imo that'd be cool - and maybe it's also necessary, it might give you new seeds to build more starbases).

Pirates! Pirates and more Pirates!  I love them and I love to hate them.  I like the way pirates are being handled in Sacrifice of Angels 2 Rebellion.  It's out of the box.  

backs out of the room slowly...  

Thanks for the ideas guys.

idk... maybe something here.

Rebellion: Advanced Tactics and Espionage

Advanced Tactics:

Set units to Incircle or Englobe enemy units when focus firing. - Useful against AOE
Set units to Battle Ball when focus firing. - BAU
Others? 

Improved Fleet Mechanics
- Retreating a unit automatically detaches them from the fleet
- Others? 

Assign targets for unit abilities

• Want those 5 Hoshikos to only heal your capital ship - done.
• Want your Subjegator to only heal your Titan - done.
• Want your Superweapon to targert a specific planet - done. 

Espionage:

Build Espionage units similar to Envoy's

Spy on their research tree

Spy on their build queue

Manage Espionage against Enemy Empires adding ruthless negative research modifiers (anti-pacts) against them

Disrupt the relationship between two allied players

Seems how they have done this before (including some of your suggestion IIRC) this comment can seem insulting.

There has to be some law of diminishing returns in play here.  The first release reportedly sold over 500,000 units.  How many people then purchased Entrenchment, Diplomacy, Trinity, Rebellion and finally the last DLC?

That's not to be negative, it's just a recognition that there is only so much that can be done with the existing game, based on audience attrition over time.

If there is still enough energy left in the old game, I would think that a relatively simple DLC would be to extend the research trees (since mostly research just applies modifiers to existing abilities).  Another would be to add additional artifacts/discoveries (really just the other side of the same coin).

Rebuilding the game engine and re-branding the game to attract a new generation of players is where the real benefits (and also risks) are to be found, but that is new release territory as opposed to just a DLC.

Sins of a Galactic Empire, with star systems in place of planets and the galactic hub in place of the current central star, would offer scope for such an expansion.  For an idea of what that would look like, Pax Imperia II: Eminent Domain offers some idea.  The star systems and planetary representations were excellent (also the music), in addition to the research tree -- better than the current Sins, in fact. Customizable races were another interesting element.  On the other hand, the AI and fleet size (no more than 122 ships per player) were a huge drawback. The Sins AI is actually quite clever, for an AI. 

Another element that might be added to a new Sins would be planet-side fortifications, installations and combat.  For an example of how this might play out, see Imperium Galactica II (another game with great research, music and graphics, but a terrible AI and limited fleet sizes and combat options).

wow, quadruple post.  too much wine.

double post