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1. Extend the Officer page with the badges and achievement needed for the next rank

   It is computable by hand, but is should be fairly for the system to generate.

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2. Award bug at turn 20

   Is this a bug?

   In game 191080 we reached now turn20.
   It is an DM 1.25 game.

   I have:
   43 planets
   6 starbases
   41 ships
   78495 military score

   I got e.g. the turn 40 growing power award,
   but not the turn 20 "the ships are mine" one,
   which required as robot:
   15 planets
   3 starbases
   40 ships
   military 56.000
   with an DM 1.25.

   Bug or feature?

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3. Add a "Convert Supplies to Megacredits" option on the planet or starbase screen

   This would be a huge help, especially with the new "Starbase Money Transfer" advantage in campaign games.

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4. Start new players at a lower Tenacity

   There are known to be a few holes left in the Tenacity system. I've found one, and this thread discusses a possible solution to it. Comments on this suggestion are requested.

   Problem: Users with little or no experience are entering games intended for experienced users, then resigning or being dropped. This unbalances the game for the remaining players. I know that this has happened with Team games (see http://planets.nu/#/sector/185114 for an example - 5 players dropped in a 12-player game), and I expect it has caused problems with other games.

   Possible solution: Instead of starting new players with 100% Tenacity, they should be started with a lower value (possibly 60%). Upon receiving the first End Game badge (Survivor), the player will receive a Tenacity bonus (40% for a starting point of 60%), up to a maximum of 100%. This bonus will occur before the bonus for being a replacement player.

   Reasoning: A new player hasn't demonstrated that they have any tenacity, so their starting Tenacity score should be less than perfect. After they have completed a game, they should receive a Tenacity score that reflects their completion.

   While the above will still give inflated Tenacity scores for new players, it will be a significant improvement from the current state.

   There are known to be a few holes left in the Tenacity system. I've found one, and this thread discusses a possible solution to it. Comments on this suggestion are requested.

   Problem: Users with little or no experience are entering games intended for experienced users, then resigning or being dropped. This unbalances the game for the remaining players. I know that this has happened with Team games (see http://planets.nu/#/sector/185114 for an example - 5 players dropped in a 12-player game), and I expect it has caused problems with other games.

   Possible solution: Instead of starting new players with 100% Tenacity,… more

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5. Bug: Recent Tech upgrades disappear if you 'Cancel Construction'

   Even if you manually first upgrade Tech levels, if you press 'Cancel Construction' it removes them, which is evident since the upgraded techs are greyed-out.

   If a player upgrades Beam Tech in prep for it being attacked, and then 'Cancel Construction' since planets may be attacked, he may not notice his Beam Tech upgrade was undone!

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6. Bug: Missing black background on Ship Assembly panel

   Sometimes 2/3 of the black background fill on Ship Assembly Panel is absent, and depending on what is on your Starmap it can make it very hard to read and use.

   Screenshot: http://imgur.com/a/QAQzf

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7. Make Vacation mode status clearer

   I have seen several friends make the mistake of accidentally enabling vacation mode and missing turns when they did not want too, and suggest making it stand out so that its very clear when its on.

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8. Modify behavior of Ion Storms to limit their degree of adverse impact.

   Some of us on Nu would like to propose some modest modifications to Ion Storms to limit the degree of adverse impact in games.

   As currently implemented, an ion storm can appear without warning, completely changing the balance of a sector. This can be inherently unfair as players would have invested months if not a year or more into the outcome of a particular game.

   After discussion with some players on this issue, the ratified suggestions for implementation would be:

   1.) Allow at least one turn warning before a storm appears in a particular spot. With that one turn window of warning, players can make the appropriate adjustments to their fleets and battle plans.

   2.) Allow the portions of minefields not covered by the storm to be visible to players via minesweep. As currently implemented, an entire 150LY minefield/webminefield can be completely cloaked if the center of the minefield is covered by an Ion Storm.

   3.) Allow mine sweeping at a reduced rate - 15% of mines normally swept that are visible after implementation of suggestion #2. This would give trapped ships, some chance to reduce the field and escape.

   Some of us on Nu would like to propose some modest modifications to Ion Storms to limit the degree of adverse impact in games.

   As currently implemented, an ion storm can appear without warning, completely changing the balance of a sector. This can be inherently unfair as players would have invested months if not a year or more into the outcome of a particular game.

   After discussion with some players on this issue, the ratified suggestions for implementation would be:

   1.) Allow at least one turn warning before a storm appears in a particular spot. With that one turn window… more

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9. Change the tenacity system completely!

   The current tenacity system sucks completely. Due to rl illness, I missed three turns in three games and was dropped! I could NOT rejoin for some reason and my tenacity went from around 65% to -16%

   First there is NO way tenacity should EVER be <0% OR >100%! Don't make sense!

   I suggest a new way to calculate "tenacity"!

   1) The percentage of turns played vs turns you should have played! So if you played 75% of your turns that would be your tenacity rating!

   OR

   2) The percentage of games played + games still active to the number of total games signed up for! So if you signed up for 10 games, dropped or resigned 2, and finished or are still active in 8 games, your tenacity would be 80%!

   Either system makes MUCH better sense than the current one, which I have NO idea how it works! All I know is you can play 600 turns and finish 15 games and miss three turns in three games because of illness and get kicked from those games and you tenacity drops to a - percentage tenacity rating! (-10%, -25%, etc)

   The current tenacity system sucks completely. Due to rl illness, I missed three turns in three games and was dropped! I could NOT rejoin for some reason and my tenacity went from around 65% to -16%

   First there is NO way tenacity should EVER be <0% OR >100%! Don't make sense!

   I suggest a new way to calculate "tenacity"!

   1) The percentage of turns played vs turns you should have played! So if you played 75% of your turns that would be your tenacity rating!

   OR

   2) The percentage of games played + games still active to the number of… more

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10. Android Client Message Bug

    CSY found a bug in the Android version of Planets Nu. Putting a pound sign (#) anywhere in the message causes it and the portion following to be trimmed AND also to be posted as a new topic to the public feed.

    CSY can reproduce this problem both on my phone and in the BlueStacks environment.

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11. A few of us have been talking about an addition of another 'hotkey' that would place an 81 LY ring(s) around any planet/ship/open space.

    A few of us have been talking about an addition of another 'hotkey' that would place an 8 LY ring(s) exactly like HYP, around any planet/ship/open space. It would certainly be a great help in navigation, with no additional racial grumblings.

    Thanks.

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12. An API error has occurred - Guid should contain 32 digits with 4 dashes (xxxxxxxx-xxxx-xxxx-xxxx-xxxxxxxxxxxx). at System.Guid.GuidResult.Se

    Error while posting to fourm

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13. CREATE BETTER CAPITAL SHIPS FOR PRIVATEES

    privateers have not a powerful torpedo ship as flagship, I would like a ship tech level 10 with 10 beams and 6 or 8 weapon Torps with good fuel load and cargo.
    I would like to know your opinion fellow privateers

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14. Show # of player slots and # of planets in Game List

    When I am browsing the game list, it would be very convenient if I could see the size of the game (how many planets, how many players). Right now if I want to see that information I have to click on each individual game, which is a bit of a pain. It would be nice if it would be listed in the game list under the planet icon.

    It would probably be best if it listed players signed up/total player slots, e.g. 5/11 for 5 players in a game with 11 slots.

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15. Create official 2v2 Blitz format

    Making request for official 2v2 Blitz format.

    Some people have said that this is not needed because you can just create your own custom game, but here's why that's not true:

    Reasons why an official 2v2 Blitz format is needed:

    • You can't create publicly listed games with < 8 players. Thus, 2v2 Blitz games can't be advertised well and will be hard to get started.

    • Setting up a map with the right settings so that you get the right starting locations is a non-trivial task. I've already tried half a dozen times by fiddling with the map creation settings, but for some reason the planet layout is really wrong (Bug with small map creation?). Homeworld distributions aren't that great, either. The process of creating a map should be automated with settings that create a suitable 2v2 environment.

    • Creating a 2v2 Blitz team game should happen, because it would add fun to the community and gameplay. But those games won't happen much because it's really impractical and beyond the reach of most (especially new) players to create and advertise such a game. It also is therefore not accessible because it won't appear to players (especially noobs) casually looking for games to join.

    I love Blitz and I mostly only play Blitz games, but I would like to see the format expanded to allow team games. It would be really neat to see how 2v2 team games play out, because races that were previously-unusable in Blitz might become much more interesting when paired up with a suitable partner race. You might end up with some interesting combinations for teams; team combos could also potentially create a very dynamic and fun metagame!
    Lastly, new players are often kind of intimidated by long standard games, as well as playing 1v1 against an experienced player. A 2v2 format will allow a veteran player to coach a noob against 2 other players, in a short game that doesn't require too much commitment.

    Please create this game format. :)
    Thanks.

    Making request for official 2v2 Blitz format.

    Some people have said that this is not needed because you can just create your own custom game, but here's why that's not true:

    Reasons why an official 2v2 Blitz format is needed:

    • You can't create publicly listed games with < 8 players. Thus, 2v2 Blitz games can't be advertised well and will be hard to get started.

    • Setting up a map with the right settings so that you get the right starting locations is a non-trivial task. I've already tried half a dozen times by fiddling with the map creation settings, but… more

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16. Hotkey Listeners

    Please consider adding the 'q' hotkey listener to planes/starbase screen... in addition also the 'p' hokey (planet names), 's' hotkey (search) which is also missing from Ship screen... and the 'z' hokey listener to the Ship and Starbase screens.

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17. Load own ships into VCR

    Lord Helmet's useful Mod no longer works. Can it be added to the Planets.Nu interface? It imported map information into the VCR to simulate battles between your own ships and enemies. This was a GREAT time saver!

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18. I suggest that notes be shown when hovering over ship in the Starship/Planetary Interface Pane

    Currently, if you mouseover a ship, then you'll see info about the ship, but Notes are not shown. It would be good if the mouseover also showed the Notes, since this allows you to review notes at-a-glance for the ship that you're currently interested in.

    I know that you can click the Notes button, but this opens up a pane that needs to be closed after you've looked at the note (which is really just a fiddly bit of extra clicking). That's two clicks for each set of ship notes that you otherwise just want to glance at.

    I know that you can mouseover the planet on the starmap, which shows info for the planet and ships, and all their respective notes. However, this can often be a long list that makes it harder to pick out the ship for which you're trying to find the note.

    Whilst we're at it, may as well show Notes when mouseover the planet/starbase. Simply another convenience, as when mouseover a ship.

    One more thing, since some people might be using low-resolution displays, this might bloat their display, so have this functionality be a toggle in the options.

    Currently, if you mouseover a ship, then you'll see info about the ship, but Notes are not shown. It would be good if the mouseover also showed the Notes, since this allows you to review notes at-a-glance for the ship that you're currently interested in.

    I know that you can click the Notes button, but this opens up a pane that needs to be closed after you've looked at the note (which is really just a fiddly bit of extra clicking). That's two clicks for each set of ship notes that you otherwise just want to glance at.

    I know… more

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19. Armageddon

    I just sent a "contact" message to the planets.nu guys... but since it's free... I'm also posting a suggestion here :D

    Ages ago, I recall having used some plug-in named Armageddon to abruptly end our games in a spectacular way when all players agreed that the current game was lingering too much, and we wanted to start another one.

    I believe that it was the plug-in described here: http://www.vgaplanets.com/software.htm

    This is the description taken from that site:

    "You are a VGA Planets host and want to end your game in a really brain-blasting way? You love fireworks and label yourself as pyromaniac?
    Then Armaggedon is what you've searched for! It will generate a final battle at a definable point at the universe."

    I don't know if it's already possible to end games like this in planets.nu (I have not found how, but that does not necessarily mean its not already possible), but if its not...

    Then it would be pretty cool to have that feature :D

    Thanks!

    I just sent a "contact" message to the planets.nu guys... but since it's free... I'm also posting a suggestion here :D

    Ages ago, I recall having used some plug-in named Armageddon to abruptly end our games in a spectacular way when all players agreed that the current game was lingering too much, and we wanted to start another one.

    I believe that it was the plug-in described here: http://www.vgaplanets.com/software.htm

    This is the description taken from that site:

    "You are a VGA Planets host and want to end your game in a really brain-blasting way? You love fireworks and label yourself… more

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20. Fighting Rules could be updated to advanced ones with more ships/planets involved.

    I mean, this fighting rules exist about 20 years. How about make them a real battle between many ships at one time.
    That could also decline the problem of having weaker top-level ships compared to the competitors...

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