i've played for some time now many ffa games

here my comment :

#1 : LOCKED TEAM OPTION

if team option is unlocked, aka diplo, THIS IS NOT FFA !!!

ffa is about 1 winner, not a collective win...
otherwise, play 3vs3 or 4vs4


of course, i would enjoy also some diplo options. but the game should really just allow 1 winner in the end. Which would oblige people to break their alliances and make some more fun



#2 : MAP

FFA maps should have home-base much more closer, even if it is a 50planet size.

right now, i spend my first hour playing "simcity in space"
-no early fight at all, no interest to dev weapon tree too soon
and sometime, it is much more than a hour, (and until 1.04, play all this time without a simgle fight : host DC, of get myself a Minidump...)

rush option is quite a suicide as even if you kill your peacefull neighbour, you will face then other peoples with stronger empire/economy