I don't like the cap on bases because many of us at/near the top (and many lowers trying to catch up also)have based our economy on being able to recover with interest if the cap goes on when you are attacked you lose not only segs and maybe workers from negative growth you also lose credits in your base that could be getting interest.
As for dim counters I'm not real happy about that either because you get lowers buying a bunch of kamis and attacking you and you can't hit back at all sometimes even if you put all your ships in reserve you are still to high and if dims go in you will have a lot more lowers buying up kamis just because they know you won't be able to hit back.
This almost sounds like a valid point of view on the counters idea - however;
1. The cap will slow the top end much more than it will slow you Basil. Therefore your chances of catching up are enhanced. You have 1.3 million segments - you arent even near the middle, let alone the top - your just under the high growth phase - which extends from about 2 million to 6 million segments. You will struggle to understand these issues because you would have to extrapolate so much to even draw out the basic concepts. Its not because your not intelligent enough to understand - its just you dont have the information.
2. If you are suceptible to kami attack, then youve made an error - better to try and resolve your error than to assume there is no solution. Fleet setup, base settings, technology and ship design all complement each other to protect you from kami attacks. Besides kami's dont win combats - they just destroy ships - if it costs them more than it does you, and their economy is less than yours - then you win.
I don't want to catch up because the game was changed to slow/stop higher players from benifiting from their own hard work and everyone is sucepitible to a kami attack thats why it's called a kami attack and the fact that they spend more than it's worth doesn't replace one single item that I lose. I have no problem with your playstyle because it fits you but just because mine is different doesn't make it wrong.