Yes, the experience gain seems a bit out of hand. Also, it seems to actually accelerate, or at least not slow down, as ships seem to gain hitpoints even faster as time goes on. Some kind of logarithmic curve would be a better fit.
I personally don’t like the massdrivers, but I’m willing to reconsider if anyone could make a good argument for them. Nano-rippers?
Is an alliance with light blue a realistic possibility? You could win that way. If not, there's probably a few things you can do to give light-blue a headache trying to take over gray, green and yellow. Giving them tech that light blue already has isn't going to hurt you, so say the soldier improving techs for instance. This has the benefit that it doesn't cost you anything. Transfering ships could work against you as it may slow down your conquest of
That's the way I thought it worked, from reading the manual, but it's not the case (thank god!). All the fleet does is allow more of your ships to fight in the same combat. Imagine if you have tiny ships versus your enemy's huge ship. If all of your tiny ships had to attack one at a time, the huge would get one attack for each attack of yours. Clearly, your tiny ships would be useless, as you would get one shot and maybe ding him a little, a
