What about some sort of proxy? You send the resource of choice to a given non player planet and, as both parts arrive, they receive their share. That is easily automated to deny trades against any given rules and would offer secrecy to both parts. I believe it could work with a trade mission specify...

Yes, Oz left us and went blue. There is a change in the balance of this war, as stated. It remains active, though. Any politics will be treated in game, by the alliance leaders.

It was the first time the SGC offered resistance in the war, but a very good one. Kudos!

Nice, new farms!

Now I like this idea. td as a base for protection may work quite well.

Death, you once again miss the point. If protection won't protect the new players, who know nothing of the game, then what? Bravo? I don't have a problem with not being able to hunt newbs, the problem is someone being able to do so and driving them away from the game. And yes, standard is increasing...

Ahilles' point is spotless. Without a good tutorial, no newb will learn the basics. Some alliances provide such tutorials, some old players offer the newbs this info as they ask. Still, If a new player doesn't join an alliance he won't learn much. What OZ said is correct, and I said that before. New...

Well, I suppose none of you thought about the consequences of this. I like the idea, would even let my fleet sit to keep myself safe from those pesky mid dogs.

Well it's only the BIG players that complain about the " newb" protection because somebody outsmarted them and can grow without much fear ( kind of like all the top players in the same alliance issue. However, if there were a thought of changing the "newb" protection , maybe it should be a time fra...

We do not see it as a loophole. If you keep in mind that it is within plans to make a universe that will always have player protection, then you can realize why. I'm sorry, but I can't. A universe that will always have protection would work for tiered players, something that is easily bypassed as t...