I change my vote to 'not resetting', on account of Vectorus' very many good points.
The idea of an ever-evolving, but permanent universe is intriguing, and I do like the idea of all those worlds we've built sticking around.
Although Mortius also makes a great point - a huge empire, in the game right now, is unstoppable. Perhaps, rather than making a new discontinuity, there should be balancing to counter this? After all, what's a space game without organized rebels taking down an undefeatable empire? I'm no game designer, so I've got no good suggestions on how to accomplish that, but if that and boredom are the only reasons to reset, I definitely vote against it. If you're bored, you can throw away your empire and start anew in one of the many other galaxies, no?
This universe has so much history already. It would be a shame to get rid of it.
The idea of an ever-evolving, but permanent universe is intriguing, and I do like the idea of all those worlds we've built sticking around.
Although Mortius also makes a great point - a huge empire, in the game right now, is unstoppable. Perhaps, rather than making a new discontinuity, there should be balancing to counter this? After all, what's a space game without organized rebels taking down an undefeatable empire? I'm no game designer, so I've got no good suggestions on how to accomplish that, but if that and boredom are the only reasons to reset, I definitely vote against it. If you're bored, you can throw away your empire and start anew in one of the many other galaxies, no?
This universe has so much history already. It would be a shame to get rid of it.