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Feedback requested for possible update features/changes...

In addition to developing two games simultaneously over the last year or so (of which the second is getting pretty close to release), I've also been working on an update/expansion to EM. Current plans are for the update to be made available sometime early to mid next year and I've collected feedback posted here on the forum and in e-mail for months now while going through the planning and early development stage for the update. Some options and features have already been implemented and are in testing, some are in the concept/draft stage, while others are still being considered. I've selected some remaining options/changes and compiled a list that I would like to get some feedback on. What I'm after is how important you think the feature is (perhaps on a scale of 1 to 10) and whether or not you would actually enjoy/use it. There are many other planned improvements that I'm already working on, this is just a short list of some of the remaining ones that I'd like to get feedback on. My goal is to focus on the most requested features/options/changes while avoiding wasting time on some that won't be used much and don't have much interest.

1 - Weapon crafting - a new 'Weapon Lab' would be introduced that lets you design and customize your own weapon functionality. You would start by selecting a class (ie plasma, metal projectile, rail, etc), then could modify various parameters such as energy load, heatsink capacity, firing rate, etc that would then determine things like damage and range. The result would be a customizied weapon that performs outside of the default configuration for those parameters.

2 - Jump drive distruption field weapon. Produces a temporary EM field that would prevent players from being able to activate their jump drive. AI's could also potentially use this device in more advanced systems.

3 - AI ships could scan human ships and demand they drop a cargo item or be destroyed.

4 - Some kind of cloaking system for player built stations that would block them from long range sensors, requiring players to visually spot them when in the same sector. This would aid in helping to protect them while players are offline. Might add a premium to the build cost.

5 - New 'farming' contract type that requires the player to recover plant material while on a planet and return it to a city. Pay would likely be low on agricultural planets, high on other types.

6 - New temporary deployment type contracts (solar array, temp station, etc).

7 - Repair contract (to repair a station or building with a beam or some kind of new repair device).

8 - New distress call event - destroy an inbound meteor before it hits a planet.

9 - Quadrant-wide notification of events that effect market prices in specific areas (gives away information to the player on where and when the best/worst buy/sell options are, rather than strictly requiring them to explore for them).

10 - Player sector locations in multiplayer would no longer displayed on the player list, keeping player sector locations secret until disclosed by the player voluntarily or when they trigger an event that broadcasts their location.