[Unrestricted building, and no restrictions leads to poor gameplay.]

Thats why pvp is in such a bad shape, that and lack of actual pvp content.  So for starters NQ could make these simple changes quickly.

 

L core max speed 20km

 

M core max speed 25km

 

S core max speed 28km

 

XS max 30km

 

Make shields restricted to their size of core like guns. 

 

Make it so L guns cant hit XS core.  (find another way). 

 

Make it so detection of higher tier Engines will increase a cores speed, but only slightly. So XL rare engine on a L core might push your speed to 23km.  Still slower than M but a nice bonus for using expensive engines.

 

All these varied speeds will give reasons again to use other cores.  Its just a start, but adding in bonus's and restrictions to core sizes gives them a unique reason to use them, and reasons to have varied core sizes in a fleet.  

[Full Wipe? or Why I would return to DU after Release]

13 hours ago, JayleBreak said:

Q: Why (after 2+ years) would I return to DU after the rumoured full wipe prior release?
A: Because DU would feel new because of the following:
 

• There is a "New" Alioth
  1.  Aphelia declares Alioth a Sanctuary (the other one becomes Moon 3), and all planets/moons have a 3SU "Safe Zone" enforced by Aphelia. PvP exists everywhere else. Note: current Alioth has too many water territories, just swap the name with Sanctuary and move the Ark.
  2.  New Alioth has a central market at the Ark which is restricted. Satellite markets provide access to the central market and are distributed such that no territory is more than 30km away from one (about 60 markets in total). Thus, no need to go further than the local market to trade.
  3.  12 regional markets (reachable by teleport from other regional markets, each regional market has 4 satellite markets with teleports within the region) provide free, safe, shuttle service to the corresponding market on Moon 3.
  4. All Basic schematics should be found on Alioth for negligible prices (~1Kh). All Uncommon schematics should be found on Alioth Moon 3 for reasonable prices (~50Kh). Note: Next to building, Industry is the most widely enjoyed content that DU provides (it also provides an incentive to build). Make the early stages broadly accessible.
  5. Add a new moon to Alioth (nothing special). Assign one Tier 2 ore to each moon. The T2 ore should be found on each territory of the smaller moons and are findable (e.g. 1 in 10 territories) on Moon 3. No higher tier ore should be found on Alioth or its moons.
• Helios is smaller
  1. Move all the planets closer to Alioth. Reduce their distance from Alioth by at least half.
• Make No Promises, but Provide a Vision for the Future (let us hope)
  1. Here is a story: Colonists revolt against Aphelia's heavy hand (and taxes). One by one, Aphelia withdraws her planetary protection until only Alioth and its moons remain. As Aphelia withdraws her protection, territory warfare brakes out between colonists.

All of this could be done with what DU software provides today, but it does require work so it can't be done today, or even a week, but certainly by the time of release. In my opinion, it would be enough to get the majority of people who have drifted away to come back and try DU again.

 

 

 

 

I've had similar ideas, Tho i think should be Alioth and moons safe zone, then 6 planets.  And only 1 far like 2hr thats an ice planet.  3-4 planets within 30min to 1hr.  That way u can do away with warp.  Then you can also upgrade the radar system and use taht for future content., like finding NPC wrecks to salvage, anomolies.

 

Ive also thought as others have said have 1 gas giant. with HUGE gravity if u get too close, that pulls you at 10g or even more as u get close.  And have like 14 moons around them with some high value ore.  Great place for pvp, and exploration and some danger.