HomeWorld Tax

Desertfox wrote: Expanding on this idea, perhaps make a rule that the owner of the planet gets 15% of all money production of other players on the same planet. This money is subtracted from the income of the non-owners of the planet and added to the owner's.

Aside from the normal rules of planet ownership, a player can build some kind of Planetary Government building that makes him the ruler. Only one Planetary Government Building can be built per planet and whoever owns it, is the undisputed ruler. If it gets destroyed the old rules of ownership apply until somebody else builds a Planetary Government Building.

The advantages are: allowing more than one player on "his" planet is beneficial for the ruler of the planet. This would be a protection against newbie bashing. It is also a choice between risk and reward. A strong player can opt to build a Planetary Government Building on a crowded planet and get the reward, but the other players on the planet will dislike him for stealing part of their income, so he also makes himself a target.

The disadvantage is that rich powerful players get even richer.

Possibly make the 15% income transfer dependent on the presence of such a Planetary Government Building. That means the players on a planet can opt for a more democratic rule where nobody is allowed to build a Planetary Government building and nobody loses income. Planetary Ownership still counts for determining rank but no income is transferred. An agreement can be made that anybody who does make a Planetary Government Building, will be attacked. Or a more feudal system where one player is allowed to build the Planetary Government Building in exchange for taking responsibility for the planet's defense or some other concession.