[jimbob]

I also want to mention that there could be a line in SE5's equivalent of Happiness.txt for planetary overpopulation - people should get mad if they get too crowded in! (Of course this would probably mean you wouldn't want to start the game with a full planet, but that could be easily changed...)

If a planet were overcrowded, then plagues would hit them harder too... I guess they'd have a higher mortality rate as a percentage of total population versus a less populated planet.

Imperator: I don't quite understand the methodology of your system for damage distribution, but totally agree with the concept! I just hope Aaron introduces something along these lines in SE5.