Different Map Shapes
I think the galaxy is shaped oddly like a bunch of cyborg cube ships. Perhaps we can have some other shapes. Like a "L" or an "X", maybe even a "C" or things not even related to the English alphabet like £
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Mycroft commented
Even having just a circular map would make more sense then a square, just in my opinion.
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thin commented
A spiral were cool for a mass multiplayer scenario
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Vesuvius commented
Having a spiral galaxy with homeworlds at the end of the spiral would be totally unbalanced, unless you have 11 arms of the spiral. But having all the homeworlds in the center, and maybe a capture the planet type of behaviour for the last planets on the arm... Having shapes just for the sake of having different shapes is not something worth implementing. Maybe resubmit this idea with scenario ideas and they might implement it.
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Anonymous commented
Planets has always had a Square shape, there were a couple of add-ons that later allowed you to customize your galaxy and make circular galaxies and spiral galaxies.
It would be nice to see a spiral galaxy with races having homeworlds at the end of one of the arms.
However I would like to see it keep with the standard and custom starmaps that do not look like letters or symbols, Suspension of disbelief, if you know what i mean...