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1. Bug: Sector rescue calculated wrong

   Prior discussion: http://planets.nu/#/activity/1464248

   I just finished replacment game Soccerball (http://play.planets.nu/#/sector/93476) where I improved the position of my race. As a result my sector rescue value dropped from 107,5 to 105 instead of climbing to 110.

   I noticed some other people complaining recently about their tenacity change after they have finished a game successfully.

   Calculting my sector rescue value just from my game history also results in 110%. Formula used:

   replacementtenacity = 1 + (improvedreplacement / finishedgamecount) * 0.25 * (finishedgamecount / 10);

   My numbers:
   * finishedgamecount = 10
   * improvedreplacement = 4 (3 games rank improved, 1 game rank maintained)
   * replacementtenacity = 1 + 4 / 10 * 0.25 * 10 / 10 = 1,1

   1,1 means 110%. That's what I expected. But it is 105%.

   Prior discussion: http://planets.nu/#/activity/1464248

   I just finished replacment game Soccerball (http://play.planets.nu/#/sector/93476) where I improved the position of my race. As a result my sector rescue value dropped from 107,5 to 105 instead of climbing to 110.

   I noticed some other people complaining recently about their tenacity change after they have finished a game successfully.

   Calculting my sector rescue value just from my game history also results in 110%. Formula used:

   replacementtenacity = 1 + (improvedreplacement / finishedgamecount) * 0.25 * (finishedgamecount / 10);

   My numbers:
   * finishedgamecount = 10
   * improvedreplacement = 4 (3 games rank improved, 1 game… more

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2. Improve Starmap and Notes functionality

   If my sensors show a ship moving in the distance, a ship explodes at long range or when there`s a meteor shower, I would like to have the possibility to use markers on a starmap layer in order to remember those places.

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3. BUG: Public Campaign Game got deleted.

   Vulcan Sector, game 117675 was a public game and part of the Planets Nuniverse Campaign.

   After host run on 29.Jan.2015 the game disappeared from players game lists.
   Regular turn message for turn 47 was sent but no further information about the game issued.

   Victory conditions were not met by any party to justify ending the game.

   The game cannot be found on the public front end, e.g. any of the game lists.

   An explanation on the whereabouts of the game would be much appreciated as a considerable amount of time was invested by the participating players.

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4. prevent player drops/resign or soft up the consequences for the remaining players

   If players leave game it has pre-deciding weight to the outcome of the game. Drop, resign or hit endturn till dead cripples the joy of the remaining players. What can be done?
   There are 14 Suggestions out of the discussion on Nu.

   1.Improvement of AI and AI replacement. (Logical consequence of Gnerphks post)
   2.Improve Reward System for replacement players. To get faster a replacement player (Madinsons suggestion)
   3. Die Hard (drops prevented by social pressure.)
   4. Change victory conditions. (More survivors)
   5. Change way how planetary ownership is dealed. (to prevent resign)
   6. Penaltyse drop/resign, prevent start/join other games. (force ppl to stay/prevent abuse and game hopping)
   7. Share the planets and ships of the dropper among the remaining players. (Lucks Suggestion)
   8. Set back every action of the dropper to turn 1. (Rimatos Suggestion)
   9. Value the planets of the dropper and give best planet to weakest player and cycle this among the remaining players till all planets have new owner. (Lucks Suggestion)
   10. Interduce a ladder system. Drop/resign in a game equals a drop in ladder. (Commander Koskis suggestion)
   11. Players elect the winner by vote (Kelmains suggestion)
   12. Players vote for ending the game. If 2/3 of planet and military score vote yes game ends. (ericlavignes suggestion)
   13. Players could pause host by vote after a player drop to find a replacement player.
   14. PLS game like. Players have a "Disk quota" like ship limit. So players losing still able to build ships. (SMNs suggestion)

   If players leave game it has pre-deciding weight to the outcome of the game. Drop, resign or hit endturn till dead cripples the joy of the remaining players. What can be done?
   There are 14 Suggestions out of the discussion on Nu.

   1.Improvement of AI and AI replacement. (Logical consequence of Gnerphks post)
   2.Improve Reward System for replacement players. To get faster a replacement player (Madinsons suggestion)
   3. Die Hard (drops prevented by social pressure.)
   4. Change victory conditions. (More survivors)
   5. Change way how planetary ownership is dealed. (to prevent resign)
   6. Penaltyse drop/resign, prevent start/join other games. (force… more

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5. Add "Eligible" tab to Officer page

   Put a new tab on each officer's page listing the games for which that officer is eligible. I would suggest sub tabs for "Interest", "New", and "Open". This way, when you're looking for a new game, the info is easy to find. The "Open" tab should also help encourage replacement players.

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6. 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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7. Base Max/Min Rank requirements on the user's history across accounts, to avoid circumvention using alternate accounts

   Of course, this is one of those 'easier said than done' things, so bear with me - there's a bit to it.

   This comes out of the recent forum discussion where a player rage-quit while alleging that his 'beginner' game was infiltrated by experienced players.

   While I'm not sure that the player in question was necessarily right under the specific circumstances of his game, a few points emerged in that discussion:

   (1) It is both permissible under the rules, and common practice, for experienced players to maintain 'alternate' accounts, at least for the purpose of play-testing strategies and game mechanics.

   (2) It is not uncommon to find experienced players, via their alternate accounts, entering into beginner games that their main account would not be eligible to enter.

   The problems with this 'sandbagging' are myriad. While there will naturally be a wide range of skill levels among players who are new to Nu, there are good and valid reasons to bar experienced Nu players from beginner-only games - hence the existence of the 'max rank' setting in the first place. But with the availability (and legality!) of alternate accounts, the 'max rank' setting is pretty much meaningless. A reigning emperor could enter a beginner game with an alternate account, and not only would the system permit it, but it would be 'legal' under Nu's current rules.

   I can only assume that there are other problems with each player having multiple accounts, as well - difficulty in tracking user metrics for site development purposes; it devalues the premium membership by providing a legal workaround to the game limit; etc.

   The solution here is tricky, and there are a few options, but here's what I think is likely the least onerous in terms of modifications to the system architecture:

   Require all users to register a (for lack of a better word) 'global' account, and merge all existing accounts underneath the global account as discrete 'profiles' - with merged accomplishments, at least for the purposes of determining eligibility to enter games. Each player may only have one account, but each account may have several profiles - probably a limited number for non-premium members, but a larger number for premium members, to facilitate legitimate 'play-testing' purposes in private games. Ideally, you would have one login to your account, and could easily access any of your profiles therein.

   Obviously, enforcing a one-account limit would be a separate challenge, but it seems unlikely that many people would actually violate the site rules simply for the purpose of 'sandbagging'.

   Of course, this is one of those 'easier said than done' things, so bear with me - there's a bit to it.

   This comes out of the recent forum discussion where a player rage-quit while alleging that his 'beginner' game was infiltrated by experienced players.

   While I'm not sure that the player in question was necessarily right under the specific circumstances of his game, a few points emerged in that discussion:

   (1) It is both permissible under the rules, and common practice, for experienced players to maintain 'alternate' accounts, at least for the purpose of play-testing strategies and game mechanics.

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8. investigate and eliminate players abusing multiple accounts

   In thread http://planets.nu/#/activity/3337433 @Whisperer has let slip that he is also @Happy+Daze and Glyn has provided links demonstrating unsavoury connections between Whisperer and Happy-Daze.

   Sadly I think the time has come to crack down on those creating multiple accounts in order to collude between them and disadvantage honest players.

   Perhaps a good place to start would be to cancel the Whisperer and Happy+daze accounts, but that is up to you. However the reputation of your system is being damaged by activities like this and I urge you to investigate and take some sort of action to protect the game we love.

   sincerely
   Darren 'Daz' Gedye
   Darren.Gedye@gmail.com
   aka mekusi

   In thread http://planets.nu/#/activity/3337433 @Whisperer has let slip that he is also @Happy+Daze and Glyn has provided links demonstrating unsavoury connections between Whisperer and Happy-Daze.

   Sadly I think the time has come to crack down on those creating multiple accounts in order to collude between them and disadvantage honest players.

   Perhaps a good place to start would be to cancel the Whisperer and Happy+daze accounts, but that is up to you. However the reputation of your system is being damaged by activities like this and I urge you to investigate and take some sort of action to protect the game we… more

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9. Changes to the Rank system & medals

   The current Rank system where you have a separate rank for each race is in my opinion daft. It would be much better to have an overall player rank. We can then easily pick out players from a similar rank/experience & not have to worry/look at ranks per race.. and also I'd like to play multiple games as different races & them all count to my 'rank'.

   You also need to add medals beside player names to show things like:
   - placed (1st 2nd or 3rd)
   - Survived a game to the end
   - Finished a game with highest destruction
   etc
   -make the above stack able

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   The current Rank system where you have a separate rank for each race is in my opinion daft. It would be much better to have an overall player rank. We can then easily pick out players from a similar rank/experience & not have to worry/look at ranks per race.. and also I'd like to play multiple games as different races & them all count to my 'rank'.

   You also need to add medals beside player names to show things like:
   - placed (1st 2nd or 3rd)
   - Survived a game to the end
   - Finished a game with highest destruction… more

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10. Better Blitz games

    I like playing 1 on 1 Blitz games with a friend.
    There should be:
    - a way to manually pick the homeworlds.
    - a customable ship limit.
    - more winning conditions including the winning condition "give up"
    - options like mineral poor/rich

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11. VGA Planets.nu search functionality

    Have you ever thought about a search funtion for the webpage for

    1. terms

    2. players

    ?

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12. Clicking the hyperjump key a second time should remove the hyperjump ring
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13. Set Officer Names

    It would be great to be able to set a name for each officer.

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14. Use phost / plist as an option in the config of several games

    I know players (for example in the old Spanish vgaplanets community) that only play with phost/plist and I like play here with them
    In the other hands, some poeple says taht plist is more balanced than plist, and the same for the races
    Phost is currenly being maintained (last version is from december of 2010) while thost is unmaintained for years
    More info: http://phost.de/

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15. rethink cargo transfer for allied cloakers

    there is something wrong in the cargo transfer for allied cloakers.

    while in the old rst-trn system you could not find allied cloakers on your screen to transfer cargo to, and also could not transfer to ships that were visible and then cloaked away. correct me if i am wrong.

    we now have, with the allied rst (so to say) -on the screen- the ship visible and accessible for cargo transfers.

    our new system collides there with the original, and i think there is a bug or at least strange behaviour in it: if the ship is cloaked or cloaks away the cargo somehow seems to vanish into deep space without notice.

    i suggest the following:

    1. when the cargo transfer fails, it should be reloaded to the sending ship like with all other cargo transfers for non-cloakers as well, also partly.

    2. if you decide to stick to the original, the ship transfer screen should be replaced by a warning:
       'no transfer possible - ship is cloaked'

    3. or, to make it more easy: only if the ship cloaks away, it can't receive cargo.
       3b. actually i personally don't understand why allied ships should not be able to transfer cargo even to cloaked allies. you can do that with your own ships as well... nobody would complain (??)

    4. you normally have the best ideas how to tweak it to the new system

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    there is something wrong in the cargo transfer for allied cloakers.

    while in the old rst-trn system you could not find allied cloakers on your screen to transfer cargo to, and also could not transfer to ships that were visible and then cloaked away. correct me if i am wrong.

    we now have, with the allied rst (so to say) -on the screen- the ship visible and accessible for cargo transfers.

    our new system collides there with the original, and i think there is a bug or at least strange behaviour in it: if the ship is cloaked or cloaks… more

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16. modifying and/or switching ion storms

    I experience a massive impact of stronger ion storms (> Level 3) on game play. Level 4 and 5 storms a capable to destroy even mid sized battleships and paralize your economy for a longer period.
    This could (and does in many cases!) lead to a complete tactical desaster.

    For my understanding a random event in a strategy game should never be strong enough to outflanc the players skills and efforts in that amount.

    So my suggestion is either to give the game a possibility to switch them off or to modify them (e.g. storms can only grow till level x or size y).

    I experience a massive impact of stronger ion storms (> Level 3) on game play. Level 4 and 5 storms a capable to destroy even mid sized battleships and paralize your economy for a longer period.
    This could (and does in many cases!) lead to a complete tactical desaster.

    For my understanding a random event in a strategy game should never be strong enough to outflanc the players skills and efforts in that amount.

    So my suggestion is either to give the game a possibility to switch them off or to modify them (e.g. storms can only grow till level… more

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17. When click on message from ship, planet or base, open sending object's screen

    For example, when a ship tells me it's over a new planet, open the ship screen so I can drop clans. Also good when minesweeping (continue sweeping or move on), rioting, invaded (build more defense), and probably other events.

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18. Add a swap sides toggle on the Battle simulator.

    Many times when i want to simulate combat outcomes I find myself manually swapping the ship details from the left to right side of the simulator.

    Please put a swap button in the middle of the 2 'sides' that would auto populate the same selections but on opposite sides.

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19. Destruction Points For Fascist Pillaging and RGA

    Since Rebel Ground Assault and Pillaging involves destroying Defense Posts and is a big tactic for those 2 races, they should get destruction points (not vs. self or allies). It is not unusual to soften up a planet before the final attack.

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20. Show 'HOST TIME' including time zone

    Show HOST TIME as it is, but include timezone.
    I live in europe, and have no idea when HOST is actually going to run now.

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