#17
by Ozymandias
Ephemeral/Miyamotto.
This is not directed at anybody in particular. As a couple of other posters have suggested, it's a problem that is becoming more prevalent. Xtreme seems to have had this problem for a while, now others are seeing this loophole as a viable tactic. So, the issue needs resolving. That's the point. New player protection is for new players, not a means to have the most massive of fleets and still be considered a newb. A time limit on New Player Protection seems to be the way forward. However, it might be nice to get some sort of comment from Zorg from time to time. Apart from a sudden rush of posting, it seems to have gone quiet, back to normal from that "Zorg" point of view.
The protection level in Standard is 1 million points. Quite high for that server. Some will argue about the points allocation being so diverse in different servers. But to gain 1 million points discounting the fleet score, it would bring you up to quite a good level. Keeping in mind that it would provide enough in the way of deut to enable a player to use this tactic very well. So again, the point being, nip it in the bud before it becomes a bigger issue.