@Truth Of Mind, that's okay, I was just getting my two cents in! 

Thanks for the criticism, (I know, that sound weird) and I'll edit the post now that I have some time. I didn't know there was a no PvP server, so thanks for informing me about that, and the "lowest FP" thing could have some bugs, but hey, it's an idea!    And yes, I use Pships and no, I do not hate PvP, I would just like to have more options. Thanks again!

Exactly! I hate having to buy a ship hull 20 times, then buying all the weps for all 20. It gets kinda... Repetitive. "You have the feeling you've been here before." -SpaceO interactive mission. (Something like that anyway!) That would just make it easier, not really give anyone an advantage, and gold members can just copy ships strait from the source, so why can't the source copy them too?

How about just adding a "Copy Fleet" button. Simple, yet effective! (Well, not SIMPLE, but simpler. I HATE copy and pasting, copy and pasting all those numbers, oooooohhh!  ) Well, if not now, maybe later. I guess I'll just copy and paste till then!

Ok, this is how I see it:

Defender getting creds back: Considering re-selling ships would get 50% back, no more then that, maybe even a set 25% or 10%, giving the defender the option of getting half back from selling for sure, or getting a quarter or a tenth if they get attacked and lose. Maybe even randomize between several percentages. Besides, who says the attacker can't get a 'bonus' for wining, making it, say, 50%-70%, thus both sides win.

Research costs: As a recent newb, and still a semi-newb this round, the research costs looked enormous to begin with, but once you raise enough to research bases, get a couple of good ships, and build the stupid thing, things get flowing most of the time, unless someone blows it up, which for me, happened once, and it barely phased me, so research costs? My verdict, harder to get started, unless you pay, but just as easy once you're under way.

No Warp Option: Now if this is what I think it is, they brought it back, but if not, from what I read, HECK YA! You should be able to choose if a guy with 5% of your fleet power will warp you. I mean, oh, the poor newb could lose all his fleet power, so sad. He shouldn't have attacked the guy that had 500% of his fleet power. Anyone should know that!

Now I'm relatively new myself, especially to the forums, but come on people, just play the game to have fun! Yah, maybe the people who pay $50 get top ten, so what, they get a $20 rebate, who hoo!

Hey, I had some suggestions. I searched this and couldn't find it, so please, no chewing me out cause someone else already mentioned it. (Yes, I have a little experience with these things! )

My suggestions are these:

CO-OP Server: Why not start a CO-OP server, where you have to help each other to get lower or something. That would mix things up a bit, like the guy in 1st has 100 FP! lol!

NPC Server: Anyway, my other suggestion in start a single player server, with only NPC's on it. I think that would be cool, cause then I always win! Of course I know the odds of this happening is like one in the number 1 ranked players FP at D-Day, but oh well, I had to get it out!

Thanks for reading my long post, and maybe you guys could give some ideas so it has a better chance of success. And please, no negative comments for no reason, e.g. calling me a loser cause I won't PvP  , saying my idea won't work, unless you're an official, then you can, etc. Thanks again.

P.S. The NPC thing is still a suggestion, but I found out that there is a "No PvP" server, (apparently the main server. Hmmm... I'm smart ) so....