NPC's have 2x higher health and deal 2x more damage and have 2x more defences.
If your ship gets disabled your ship's weapons get disabled also.
Weapons sometimes will over charge and damage your overall hull.
AP is less abundant and artifacts are rarer to obtain.
Mineral points give less minerals.
Minerals cost more to buy but sell less than normal.
Ships cost more to repair.
All missions have a chance of failure and require additional energy to complete.
Planets cannot be found unoccupied and are instead owned by fractions, such as the crimson blades.
Legion bases give a lot less mineral points, artefact points and research points.
You rank slower than normal.
Valuable artifacts, such as android helmsmen and rescued prisoners, can only be bought form the artifact market.
Rare NPC's are rarer.
Elite/Boss NPC's are NOT shareable with legion members.
Invaded planets have 50% of their defence, cloak and attack reduced until they haven't been attacked for a week.
Fractions of different strengths will occasionally try to invade planets, planets owned by fractions may alter structures on the planet.
Energy charge rate is reduced.
Decks increase automatically as you rank rather being increased by rank points.
Shields take longer to recharge.
You will require more research to obtain new modules/structures.
NPC's have a chance to give nothing upon disable.
Debuffs occasionally get applied randomly, reducing attack or defence.
Items sold at the artifact market are doubled in price and galaxy points cost more.

and the purpose of this would be? what incentive is there to want to play in expert mode?

how bout smoking crack mode? a lot of people have head start!

Hey look, lemme suggest an expert mode when my ship wouldn't even qualify for a beginner mode.







If anyone +1's this idea, they automatically forfeit their right to be considered an expert, because nobody would choose to have any of the things you mentioned.



NEXT

You obviously never played a game with a expert mode have you?

A expert mode is a harder version of the game, when you have played the regular version and you are ready for a challenge.

And PLEASE, if you want to suggest a beginner mode, make a separate thread about it.

NPC's have 2x higher health and deal 2x more damage and have 2x more defences.
If your ship gets disabled your ship's weapons get disabled also.
Weapons sometimes will over charge and damage your overall hull.
AP is less abundant and artifacts are rarer to obtain. Why?
Mineral points give less minerals.
Minerals cost more to buy but sell less than normal.
Ships cost more to repair.
All missions have a chance of failure and require additional energy to complete.
Planets cannot be found unoccupied and are instead owned by fractions, such as the crimson blades.
Legion bases give a lot less mineral points, artifact points and research points.
You rank slower than normal.
Valuable artifacts, such as android helmsmen and rescued prisoners, can only be bought form the artifact market. Like anyone will pay 16 GP for 3 defense
Rare NPC's are rarer.
Elite/Boss NPC's are NOT shareable with legion members. Silthion Hybrid Cluster's !!!!
Invaded planets have 50% of their defense, cloak and attack reduced until they haven't been attacked for a week.
Fractions of different strengths will occasionally try to invade planets, planets owned by fractions may alter structures on the planet.
Energy charge rate is reduced.
Decks increase automatically as you rank rather being increased by rank points.
Shields take longer to recharge.
You will require more research to obtain new modules/structures.
NPC's have a chance to give nothing upon disable.
Debuffs occasionally get applied randomly, reducing attack or defence.
Items sold at the artifact market are doubled in price and galaxy points cost more. So that 3 extra defense from earlier now costs 32 GP. You Mad Bro

UPDATE: This would be a separate mode to regular mode, so you would start at rank 1 again. You can change between both modes at will.

Benefits of expert mode!
More bragging rights that ever before! New leader board! (Because lets be honest, you only make the strongest possible vessel so you can brag about it)
Higher difficulty!
Expert related only items! Only worth it if the items can be installed on the normal version.

This mode will be playable after rank 100 and have been playing for at least 3 months.

-1 to the infinitieth power.

You realize that if infinity is an even number, you just +1'd arguably THE worst suggestion ever made? Jussayin'

Hmmm...let me think....more work...less rewards....hmmmmm, tough choice here...best check my magic 8 ball....and the answer is...

No


Now we return to regularly scheduled rum.

Ego and bragging rights

long live the llamas!! +1 to the infinity plus 10 - 3.265 x 629856478 to more pickled rum!!!