[AMF]

I would like to see:

Real "civil wars" - perhaps triggered by events, big time/long term intel actions, serious battle losses, or loss of the homeworld. It would be interesting to have more than just one planet rebel - I'd like to see groups of planets, or even half your empire, rebel and form an entirely new empire.

In the same vein, I would like to see the ability to gracefully add a player to a game - especially in the case of a civil war. Even if only a single planet rebels, it'd be nice to be able to add a player to that planet to give it a fighting change, add RP flavor, etc...It woudl also be neat to be able to add a player to take over an AI empire - so if someone wanted to join an in-progress game, then they could.

Thanks,
Alarik
(credit where credit is due: these were mentioned by a fellow player, and I suggested they post them, but they never did so I am going to post them becuase I think they are excellent ideas myself)