I agree monopolizing colonists from Terra makes the gameplay less enjoyable for others.
I also agree that there's concern about falling behind.
Most importantly, scripting the game 24/7 will basically ruin it for other players and you'll end up playing with fewer people.
So, as it's been put to the players to decide, I contribute to the conversation that we shouldn't restrict time played. I will sit online for hours upon hours hoping to catch other traders on and chat about things. Near the end of the last bang I was giving out credits and planets so people could have a little fun. I also tried giving some away to my good friend Lambach but he never responded. I suspect it was because I never caught them when it wasn't just the script running, or they hate me.
Either way, the game's best played socially to encourage participation.
I'd say it's less an exploit and more of a code of conduct concern.
If we reach consensus that this is a code of conduct problem, it's only fair to put parameters around what's acceptable. I don't have a good answer to what that might look like, other than it'd be great of all these players that have joined us could get a share to be able to build and play with us.
