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[JettJackson]

Yeah, me too. Gives impression that there is something actually going on in the game.

And no, upgrading ports shouldn't be in the news, there is a reason why maps need to be explored and why alliances prefer keeping their routes secret.

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[N.ator]

awesome idea! it would make the game alot more interactive!

[Grey Death]

Yeah, me too. Gives impression that there is something actually going on in the game.

And no, upgrading ports shouldn't be in the news, there is a reason why maps need to be explored and why alliances prefer keeping their routes secret.

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Again, just because an alliance doesn't want everyone to know their route doesn't mean it shouldn't be announced. How about you give us a valid reason on why it would change gameplay drastically?

[Freon22]

Alliances and traders upgrade port so that they can make more money and exper. So what would the point be to spend the time and money to upgrade a port if its going to show in the news.

Either other traders will start trading your port or some alliance is going to come along and bust it.

[RCK]

compromise to this would be limit the upgrade announcements to racails and neutrals.

[Harry Krishna]

I don't think announcing upgrades/downgrades would change gameplay drastically.

As it is now, most experienced players know that the big alliances are making 40x routes, they may just not know exactly where it is happening. Port raids in the news already indicate the building of a route by busting competing ports. The intentional upgrades of a port are not immediately known until you either a) fly out there and look or b) spend a few SMR credits on new maps.

Having these in the news is a threat to the secrecy of alliance routes, but my point is that secrecy doesn't really exist now.

[JettJackson]

Maybe not but people should still have to go through some effort to find out what port is being used for an alliance route. Some things just shouldn't be free information.

[JettJackson]

Yeah, me too. Gives impression that there is something actually going on in the game.

And no, upgrading ports shouldn't be in the news, there is a reason why maps need to be explored and why alliances prefer keeping their routes secret.

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Again, just because an alliance doesn't want everyone to know their route doesn't mean it shouldn't be announced. How about you give us a valid reason on why it would change gameplay drastically?

Read my above post, and I don't see why I have to justify myself on this issue, maybe you should give reasons why planet gal changes should be announced freely to everyone.

[Harry Krishna]

As I said before, let's not get sidetracked on disagreements. Everyone seems to agree generally on the idea and most of the types of news items. Leave port upgrade/downgrades as an option to be decided later by Admins.

[Edgecrusher]

As I said before, let's not get sidetracked on disagreements. Everyone seems to agree generally on the idea and most of the types of news items. Leave port upgrade/downgrades as an option to be decided later by Admins.

Totally agree. Sorry for bringing chaos to your wonderful idea, HK