Or am I totally missing the point here? Instead of playing for a couple of years to accumulate the necessary arsenal of weapons and hulls, am I SUPPOSED to get my VISA card out to buy my way onto the level playing field of these high level players that are causing me so much grief at the moment? The ONLY way of sustaining the interest of the lower levels would be to continue the +/-5 base level-hitting threshold up to say, level 65. This would make the gameplay fairer for all and would stop such instances of, say, the level 77 Hell fleet that just tore my base a new arsehole. I'm a level 52 and got here the hard way. Just saying.