My only true hope is that they will infact allow for more star systems, because 100 planets spread through 4 solar systems is a lot to look at. I'd be more than willing to tackle huge galaxy or two worth of stars with planets in them rather than what is current, but nonetheless, are there going to be more solar systems possible or is this really just the guts testing?

Note to self- get on IRC channel.

I'm all for modding, but that is for another discussion, to sum it though I should porbably hop to the other much longer thread about this. What I worry is that yes it is fun, yes the scale is wonderful, I'm one for HUGE scale and gameplay takes months to complete. But at the same time you guys gotta make a game that does make money and that does satisfy your market(usually mutually exclusive when it comes to this genre).

As such I'll just throw this out there, Take a look and IMperium Galactica II, for its many flaws I'd say if you guys were to look at an expansion which would add ground combat of a sort, the "style" or "intent" of the design that IG2 uses for that is effective, albeit clunky.

Also, I'll take a definite look tomorrow on the solar system and planet cap modding, doesn't usually take me tooooo long to find that stuff.

Almost guaranteed.

What he said......