Will do.

i am sad to here that you lost basically all your fleet but its not the end of the world ....

whan i first started this game which was uni 38 and the only 1 i am in...i got crashed every 4-5 days after rebuilds ...by players who were ranked over 700 and i was about 9100 ranked but i stuk with it and here i am and i couldnt of done that without the support of a few people in this alliance and my old alliance(you know who you are and thanks)
just take your vacation and come back fresh..then we can plan some big acs"s and wipe the floor with those turtles (together as 1 we are stronger)

again i am sorry to here what had happened but you will bounce back!!!!

ill miss you imad!!]

sorry to hear about your fleet being crashed.

i hope that the v-mode gives you some time to think about all what's going on (ingame or real life) and then you can make your decision.

i really wish that you will continue in uni43, you're a great leader (along with godzilla)!

concerning the game and its development, i partially share some of your thoughts. for me, the game instantly loses its appeal after developing deathstar. if you manage to get some deathstars, you have reached the final frontier. from there on it's only "who got more of the stuff", you're just focusing on quantities rather unlocking new techs.

Exactly. Once you get past the lasting achievements, like my original goal of unlocking everything, it can seem rather pointless. Rank, for example. I'm ranked 7th in research, and with a bit of effort could easily be ranked 3rd within a week. But why? To keep that rank, I'd have to continue putting more and more effort into it, always worrying about it. And once someone else inevitably pulled ahead and I lost the rank, what would I have to show for it?

If there's no lasting reward for an achievement, and the process of accomplishing it (a process which must be repeated indefinitely, in the case of ranks) is more stressful than enjoyable, what conceivable reason is there to continually strive for it?

I apologize for the pessimistic tone, but that pretty much sums up why I've gotten so discouraged in regards to the game, lately. All persistent games share this problem, to be honest. It's why MMOs periodically update with new content; if they didn't, many people would have nothing left to accomplish apart from rankings. And most people just don't care about ranks past a certain point.


On a side note, just so everyone is aware, the fleet I lost to Ring wasn't a big deal. It was all cargo ships, next to worthless. Even the resources I lost weren't so bad, even though it was a lot. Discouraging as the fleetcrash was, the main issues are the lack of income, due to all the quitters and turtles, and the feeling of pointlessness I've been ranting about for this entire post. That feeling is likely exaggerated by the problems I've been dealing with in real life lately, so vacation mode would help with that. I still need to figure out some kind of income, however.

Good luck whatever your final decision.