Could you comment on the intended difference we will see between a 'Citizen' and a 'Civilian' in the game?asked by Steve Hunter

Well the Citizen makes the choice to defend the body of politics with his life. That's from Starship Troopers. What is the difference?

Well, yeah, I mean they get to vote for the Senate. I mean that was sort of one thing, but... I mean we sort of outlined, I mean from the early days you remember, the very basic differences of "Only Citizens can have multi-system corporations." You know. "Civilians can only vote in local governments, not in Imperial Politics" and stuff like that. If I remember correctly, you know, while Chris wanted there to be a difference between the two I seem to recall him saying that there was... it wasn't as divisive as a caste system in like medieval Europe, or feudal Japan, or something.

I've always seen it as much more of a, our equivalent of Yelp almost. "Hey this guy, I can trust this guy, he's a Citizen!" Rather than, "Citizens look down on Civilians!"

Yeah, they're not underfoot of the regime of the Citizens and stuff like that. It was a bit more of a, you know, a choice. Like, do you want to commit to the empire or do you not really care about the empire but you still want to live in it?

As you attach it to game play, you need that lower spectrum too. People who decide to be civilians, or criminals, need to have a viable game play experience too. It has to be a choice, rather than a ladder you climb.

Right. Right. Also, you know, not so obviously better quality of life or something like that where it's like, "Only Citizens can have a job" or something like that. Yeah, as far as the specific game play stuff, I think we're still sort of trying to hone in on that.

I'm just imagining it's literally the same as a Senior Citizens discount. Citizens get a 1.50 USD off their egg plate!

You get an awesome pen. You get to use a shorter line when transferring customs.