Sooo what my suggestion is, is basicly what would make the universe feel independent and self re-/acting at the same time. At the moment it feels alot like a sandboxed 2d minecraft edition, where youre more like a greedy space dwarf rather than a species that tries to survive. First suggestion: Nations: Everyone knows that if there are multiple lifeforms they gonna sooner or later ally themselves to overthrow other, build trading agreements and the likes. WIth so many races to cover the universe there are bound to be aggrevations and wars over rich planets and if would be awesome to see something like battles that take place in real time, we have a day and night cycle already... Second Suggestion: ...but what we dont have is an actual day and year cycle, for example we could start at universal data time 2367 and have time pass by as we play the game in real time, like 15 minutes being being 12 hours (just a thought) Third suggestion: Closely tied to each other is the idea that you should see the planets main inhabitants and whats going on at the planet, like civil war, race war, peace, struggling conflict etc. also if you never visited the planet you should be able to see, after an mx5-scan upgrade, to see whats special about the planet, like ore abundance, habitats etc... Events: ...as already mentioned i think the world would feel even more immersive if we could be intercepted by pirate ships on our travels and boarded... or if we would meet other ships in the orbit and beam to them or trade with them. Also whole galactical wars would mean that alot of ships would be present at one point and that the forces that decide the future of the wars are closely tied to the nations strenght and whether the player interferes or not, the player may even come under the possibility to create his own independent nation or just become a mercenary/loyal servant of an existing nation. something along the lines would be cool und quite possible without much work design wise Thanks for reading
Even if the other ships in space have been confirmed ( with outpost planets, for trading), I'm not sure if galactic wars could be such a great idea for a whole game, but It would be pretty cool for end-game ( as a optional feature). Dunno, It's just my opinion =)
