People can sprout brilliant ideas all they like ...
Doesn't change the fact that a few simple interface changes have been the most widely accepted and loved of all the updates.
There is still a bunch of interface changes to be made, proposed again and again in various forms over the years.
Planets were a complete and utter waste of time and resources. I dare say Emi made a packet with donations though. So Emi will do updates that make him money ... So if you fix all the annoying things wrong with the interface/game, less people will quit and you will make more money, more people playing = more advertising = more people playing = more freakin money. Dunno what your math is like but it looks good to me.
As for Alliances - the only thing we need right now is the ability for alliance leader to sticky topics.
I can however see this Alliance Project leading towards the creation of Megastructures, which would be awesome. But really, we should just fix and or remove all the lame stuff that is in the game atm. See the 50 other threads related to small fixes and suggestions for the game.
Tzarkoth, the logic approach falls on deaf ears. Usually its countered with its my game and ill do what i want with it. I agree with everything you said. stop the bullcrap and make the game good again.