Hi there I often played with my friend ES and we were confused when our opponents were eliminated and the game still continued. Please make some kind of team victory in ES2! Maybe also an TEAM vs TEAM Mode (-> predetermined teams)! That would be awesome!!!

I think rather than having preset teams, they should allow players to expand upon alliances and allow winning as an alliance that way. I really think people should be albe to ally and win peacefully(Not considering diplo victory, that doesn't matter anyway).

I agree that both these options are needed.

Setting up team before the game begins will be great for multiplayer. Of course, science costs would need to be adjusted by number of players in a team, so they don't outpace lone players.

And for in-game alliances, I think that this could create a nice form of diplomatic victory. Add another step after forming an alliance, the formation of a federation, which can not be broken, and once x% of remaining players have joined the federation, all member of the federation win the game. However, forming and joining a federation would need to be a quiet difficult feat for that to be a proper victory condition.