I have a twist on this idea. What if there was a 'noob' universe. Until you reach level 100-200 ,etc you are there. Npc's and normal planet constructs exist same as what we currently have, but no one above 100 can give you anything. Also your planets are safe from high ranks till you hit our universe. Obviously the downside would be legions, but i'm sure there are ways around that downside.

OR....

Maybe a junior mint universe and the one we use now. If you are a powerpuff girlie ship, you can hide out in the minty universe. No pvp, no planet thefts...missions, npcs, bases? A real ghandi universe.

That pacifist universe sounds like fun, but it would mean that you have to work harder for red badges.
Of course, there would have to be restrictions to stop you from jumping from one universe and attacking, then back to the pac universe...would have to be like a 2 day halc or something

For anyone that thinks this is a good idea, check out the FB game Starfleet Commander. It now has somewhere in the neighborhood of 7, YES 7 different universes. (TBH I have lost track of how many there are now).

Effects this has on the game.
1. It spreads out all players over multiple versions of the same game, and not all players play all versions. In fact, most barely play 1, so your average users per version is going to be way down from what we have now. Not good.
2. (assuming you use it as a test bed for possible implementations to the real thing) It allows you to test/tweak/try out whatever changes you want to make to the game to see the effects before implementing them. Can be good.
3. People quit. It's a fact. I've seen it other games with multiple versions, and every time you do this, people quit playing at a faster rate than ever before. Very Bad.
4. Splits up the dev's time meaning changes are fewer and further between, and not as good. Bugs get fixed less. Changes take longer to implement. Very Bad.
5. New versions will cull players from the original, lowering player base here, and not have as many players as we do in the original version anyway. Further spreading out player base. Bad.
6. Players who have spent money on the original version will not play the newer versions because they don't want to spend the money again. Low player base for new versions, and a lot of work to keep it running. Bad.

True, some people will play both, or all 3, or however many we end up with. But take it from one who's been there. I played 2 versions of the same game for awhile. The second version was better, and eventually I stopped playing the first. I ended up finding another game that I liked better (for the record, it was GL.).

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Sorry, but this idea just doesn't hold water with me.

7 versions? Ummmm...no....just said one

People quit....Ummmm....lmfao

Everything else I read was just noise

- everything....GL is dead the way it is

Galaxy Legion isn't quite dead yet. This idea would kill it completely.

He was one of the very best ships in the game and then he actively chose to quit and get rid of his planets.

Now he's still one of the better ships sure but wants to reset the server more or less?

To me it looks like he just wants to be on top again without having to put in the effort.