[deccan]

To be fair to Dogscoff, I'd like to add that there does seem to be a huge disparity between the level of detail modelled for planets and that for ships in SEIV, considering that in the "real-world", a planet would be a far, far more complex thing than a ship.

This really isn't surprising given that most players really enjoy customizing ships down to the smallest detail possible (and there are players in this thread asking that ships be built component by component and then assembled). Even Imperator Fyron is on the record for requesting better customization options for missiles and more sophisticated modelling of minefields. In fact, I don't recall anyone saying, 'Hey, enough is enough, ships and combat are plenty detailed already!"

Detailed modelling of planets / population / economies is quite a different matter, but I'd like to go on the record that I'd like a better, more sophisticated modelling of these aspects of the game. I suspect that Proportions-mod fans, who enjoy building up planets over time, will like this as well, but of course, I can't speak for them.