Space Combat - Observations and Questions (Aaron/Richard take note)

[DirectorTsaarx]

Yeah, at the moment I'm not worried about making the game more challenging - each of the top three empires have TWICE my score, and have stayed that way for the Last 50-100 turns. Of course, I've only met one of those three races, and even though we've been at war for the Last 50 turns, neither of us had bothered the other beyond the occasional skirmish in an unclaimed system. Now that I've finally eradicated my other major opponent, though, I expect things will change...