Constellations have nearly no effect on the gameplay so far. Here are two suggestions to change it;



-Influence Area Limitation

Influence areas won't pass between constellations. In other words, if you own a constellation by yourself, your influence area will NOT extend beyond this constellation.



-Unknown Space / Void

Areas between constellations are named as unknown space / void. Ships passing through these areas will be slowed down, maybe to half or quarter speed.

lyravega wrote:
Ships passing through these areas will be slowed down, maybe to half or quarter speed.

Unless your a Pirate and happen to be lurking in there....Yarrrr!



Constellations do create early game bottlenecks but that all depends ofc on the map settings. I can see alot of fun here especially turning MP into quite a dramatic early stage until certain Tech levels are reached.



Cultural Influence definitely has to change for the better, what you suggested may be a step in the right direction espcially if the Amp Devs choose to not use CulInf as a pressure to flip systems in the future.

They should add Nebulas and have different effects for them would help as pirates