Even making the galaxy smaller and increasing encounters a bunch, or making encrypts/mothership contracts worthwhile, stuff like that..
Please please please put the galaxy but to the original size... we have less players now then we did when i started and the galaxy is 2.5x larger... makes grinding really really poop.
we can still have the same amount of quads but reduce the planets in them to 8 i think it was when i started.
and finding encounters is a big problem especially when you get out higher on your own.