I really can't stress this enough: the developer team is not a bunch of shaved monkeys, we're not idiots! However, we're facing a tricky problem here: as said in our mission statement, we'd like to get new people into the universe as well as excite those who have been around for a while - and all that with strictly limited resources, so we need to agree on certain things which are most likely to achieve our goal. As a matter of fact, we're tossing around ideas for an additional game mode that should, by its design at least, suit leagues based on planetary invasions quite well BUT at the same time appeal to a wider and less aspiring public audience very much. Details might be revealed in a not too far future.
Huge sigh of relief, applause applause
Thank you for clearing that up AoP. Had some ppl in some serious states of insanity...they are fine now.