this thread turned out to be somewhat ''wall of cry'' for ogamers. i came from long pause back. my first instinct was, register in universe one, and play my game. why should i bother if another dude has 25,000 or 250,000,000 BC or RIPs? you cant play correctly? get recycled, you deserved it. this game was far more aggressive in old design. nowdays if you need ress and cant buy resource packs, well send expos, easy as it is, like going to get food, no more need to hunt for it, just visit groceries store and pick what you like. progress in ogame has become so easy. in old days, you had to bleed for it.
i had multiple chance to get top 15 account as gift in the universe i play atm. i refused. i like hard way, build my account from zero, work for rank, fight vs odds and struggle. in my universe #1 has +200mil points. I have barely 8mil. so what? persistence wins in the end.
I support merges, cause without em, you would have 5 active players per emptu universe. idk why you think you deserve to be merged with similar point/fleet/eco strength?
if it was me, i would mark your universe as exodus one, give you 2 months to decide where you wanna go and give you option any older universe then exodus one and be done with it. if i could choose now. i would settle for universe one, for two main reasons, it has 9 galaxies and its 1x fleet speed. everything else is more or less irrelevant for me.
what i absolutely NOT support is:
Advanced Noob Protection - just forget it, either learn to swim or get drowned.
Motivation Through Astro Technology - your points are calculated by amount of ress you spent. now you want to get 4 levels of astro for free? most important tech? just no.
Sekula
you said you want ogame to be balanced. whole point of it is, not to be. it would make game boring as hell, when hardcore and casual players would be on same height or equal in progress.
as much there is lot of hate towards ress buying and DM ''abuse'' you all forget, it keeps those players playing the game. top dog get crashed, what happend in old days? instant vm and quit. nowdays top dogs actually rebuild more often wia insta building and buying resource packs.