New Empire ranking ?

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It seems that there is some frustation about the stale in the Metaverse.

It must admit that the Metverse and the community around it is what really got me hooked. Therefore i believe that it is extremely important to keep it alive.

This i believe is due to the fact that points alone matters. I have done some thinking about how some flavour could be added:

This tool should be to measure empires (not indiviudal players)

The basic idea is something like the Galactic Map.
I imaging a screen looking like the mini map (displaying influence)

Each sector should represent a different playing style - i imaging playing styles defined by:
Victory type/Difficulty/Map Size.

Ex.
Playing style 1/Sector 0,1: Tech vic/Cakewalk/Tiny
Playing style 2/Sector 0,2:Alliance vic/Cakewalk/Tiny
.
.
Playing style 240/Sector 0,240: Conquest vic/Maso/Gigantic

This i believe would make for a total of 240 sector(4x10x6).

Sector owner-ship should be determined by which empire has the most points in that category.

I believe that the same scoring system as used today, could be used - but it should be calculated per playing style.

A ranking could be made simply by counting the number of sectors controlled.

For this to be interesting it should be possible to read influence meassures (scorings per empire) for each sector.

This way small battles, within the big battle for points alone, could take place (the battle for single sectors).

Then how hard will it be to make this happend ? I have no idea at all :SURPRISED: (I just like the idea really bad)

Thats the idea, any comments would make me a happy camper. :D
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Reply #2 from Stardock Forums Top
I personally think that it is a neat little idea, however it is not likely to happen as the budget for the Metaverse has been spent. It would be a great idea for Gal Civ 2, which they appear to be working on, so maybe we can see something like that there.
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Reply #3 from Stardock Forums Top
I will say that a system of ranking by the amount of battles and the amount of active player should be better that the point ranking system. But what do I know? ;)
Reply #5 from Stardock Forums Top
Aaberg,

I think your system is a neat idea -- it would allow everyone to make a contribution.

-Cypher

~SDC~
Reply #6 from Stardock Forums Top
It is the second time I hear, that the metaverse budget is used up. But I dont see the point in making it INSTEAD of a new patch.