Morroquen

I think what would be nice is if the "orbiting planets around a star" feature was only graphical, and had not other combat/economy impact on the game, that would be sufficient to make Sins an even better game to play. Of course, it will have a small impact on gameplay: players might get a little disoriented when searching for a particular planet :-) From a sheer coolness factor, this is a valuable suggestion. Maybe difficult to implement, but still very interesting.

I agree - it'll be a fantastic technical achievement if this happened in a patch or an expansion. I've been dropped from a few multiplayer online games because of lag or crashes, and it's VERY annoying. Especially if you're an hour+ into the game. However, what I'd like to see as a feature, more than the ability to join back, is the ability to assign a dropped/diconnected player's resources and ships to another teammate. That way, if someone in a team game drops out, his/her teammates c