Email Alerts

One thing I remember from my time playing Beyond Protocol was the deluge of email alerts. Mostly repetative and the usefulness of the interactive commands was always tempered by the simple nature of the replies and the easily disasterous results that would have vs an online and aggressive foe.

Emails should be targetted at the smartphone client rather than pc based players. A pc player would either be unable to go in game to deal or would be able too,and having a pc would not inhibit a smartphone orientated alert being used. Not sure how to take advantage of that interface much myself, I would appreciate some ideas in that area.

I would want more options, in both content and frequency of alerts. Instant to daily summary would be a good range with weekly summaries for those deemed inactive.

Would a good model for a low cost system include small payments for a set total of instant alerts with the default model a zero cost daily summary?

Can anyone explain any issues they remember or havenoticed in the code?

One thing to keep in mind was that DSE implemented it with text messages in mind. The Smartphones, as such, either didn't exist or hadn't taken off yet. If the focus was switched to Smartphones, a lot more could be done, including a Smartphone GUI that allows the player to assign orders to colonies (especially useful if a Colony Defense AI is ever implemented).