I bought GalCiv waaaay back near when it was first released, and enjoyed it a lot at first. After a while, though, I started getting frustrated with how dramatically the gameplay dynamic would change after some of the patches.
To avoid that kind of frustration, I was wondering if GalCiv2 (in a patch, of course) could implement some kind of "classic mode" or a set of rule options to tweak. In "classic mode" the game would be set to essentially the same rules and AI as when it was shipped. A rules configuration screen would be more work to implement, but would allow finer control. Either way people can play with older rulesets and AI configurations if they'd prefer to. Games played with the older ruleset probably shouldn't be submittable to the Metaverse, or should score fewer points if the are submittable.
