Flatfingers wrote: ↑Fri Jan 19, 2018 11:51 pm
I duly promise not to ragequit if the game does happen to offer, in addition to a Maximum Customization menu, a QuickSettings page that has just a few meta-settings, e.g.:
Josh's Settings
Hardcore Mode
Simulation Mode
Tourist Mode
...each of which should be explained in a mouseover pop-up dialog, and all of which can of course be customized after selecting them if the player wishes.
I would add to the tourist mode (high speed, high shield so that you can easily go around without too much fearing fights as you can flee and resist) so that I can visit the whole universe, an:
„i have no time but want to build an empire“- mode
That is a sort of difficulty until cheater mode slider (0% - very tough game, 50% - normal game, 80% - easy game, 100% - cheater mode, you have to be creative to loose a fight, and profit of mining/commerce is unfairly higher for you than for the competiton AI) that allow to make money more easily, win fights more easily, and basically build up a faction or improve you ship quicker for
persons that beyond a full-time job and a familly, as well as few other hobbies, want to have the experience of late game without being able to invest the time.
Even better if you can change this slider during a game. For example going to cheat-mode to build an empire and reverting to 50%-normal to actually play your empire.
Note that this is better than a simple editor allowing to give yourself huge amount of money, as you have to do the intermediate steps, but at high speed/low risks.