Well is there? I'm feeling a bit lost at the moment.

In case there isn't, but one of you happens to know what I'm looking for, here's what I'm trying to do right now:

I'm trying to rebalance the quest and pirate systems.

I know how to prolong quests, but not how to increase the interval between them. I'd prefer the latter, because my problem is that AI players on large maps seems to use it to create massive, unbeatable alliances. Decreasing the frequency of quests would put the AI and myself on a more equal footing in terms of making allies.

Same thing with the pirates. Pirate raids right now, are frequent enough to kill empires with little investment from empires. One solution, I think, would be to decrease the frequency of raids. Increasing the cost of bounties might help as well, though if I've understood how pirate raids work, it would also make raids more severe.