[Loser]

Originally posted by userx:
1)Real Homeworld Abilities

Take a look at the Proportions mod. I think you'll find just what you need in there.

Originally posted by userx:
2) Many Very Minor races

While I believe it is not possible to increase the number of Neutrals beyond six (Would an Experienced Modder Please Clarify?), minor races can be modded into the game. Lood for the threads about Primative Races. It's a very promising concept.

Originally posted by userx:
3) Emphisis on Planetary Conquest

Some of the TDM AIs are more interested in landing Troops than glassing the planet. Try playing a few games against them. Also, if you are playing agaisnt humans, perhaps you should let them know that each time they glass a world it lowers it's value. This may encourage more Troop-focused behavior.

Originally posted by userx:
4) Lastly, like in our own history, empires rise, fall and rise again (and fall) and wars don't Last forever.

If you take a look at the timescale of the game, it doesn't take a few centuries. A long, long game can take a number of decades. It's just a matter of scale, and the scale of the game is one long war.

Originally posted by userx:
Oh, and more ship classes and serveral possibilities in the same class.

This also can be modded, in fact almost every mod has additional ship sizes. All, I think, except for TDM, FQM and a few mount mods.

Originally posted by userx:
Thanks for reading.

Thanks for posting. The community around the game is the reason I come back to it and I'm sure others feel the same.

It sounds like a lot of the changes you want made to the game are changes you could realistically make yourself. Give modifying the game a shot, it's a bLast; even if you're like me and never make mod anything worth sharing.

[ July 06, 2003, 23:19: Message edited by: Loser ]