End Game: Pros and Cons

[Malorn]

I generally like the idea of rewarding the empire that owned the most territory over the last month. However I would change the rewards.

The empire that won gets a one-time resource boost or perhaps free station cash - 5-10$ worth?

The empires that lost get the xp boost, as clearly they are the ones that need it.

Gotta be careful about the rich-get-richer problem. Cant' reward conquest with things that help them get more conquest. Rewarding them with access to cosmetic crap is fine, while giving the empires that lost an xp boost as a handicap to help encourage that empire to improve.

The empire that won of course also gets bragging rights. I think bragging rights + stuff that doesn't directly impact the game is reward enough.

Giving the losers a boost is a good thing ot help those empires and discourage people from piling on the winning team.