onemic

Ya, that's exactly what I'm talking about. Basically a system like civ IV's. If not I really don't know how any player could finish an online game in sins within one sitting.

just a question because a normal skirmish with 7 other AI's in a medium galaxy took me over 7 hours just to conquer 1 solar system and half of another solar system. Winning the whole game would probably take me about 10 hours or more. I know beta 3 doesn't have the feature of allowing other players to take over your empire if you log out, but will it be included in the retail game? Maybe the devs can put in a system like civ 4's, where you can put passwords on your factions and such if you drop