Frankly I don't like the crystal changes. I just tried to play in a game with 100 flags. Nobody except 1 or 2 players will walk away with crystals there. After 1 hour still only 11 flags on the winning side... Long games are now a problem... and you get nothing if you have to go/connection drops or whatever... for weak players it's also boring now... less options to upgrade. before you could build up crystals. for those saving crystals to upgrade hulls/turrets it will also take much longer. the gold drop being more and faster is good I think... predictable drops change gameplay quite a lot... if you really want to keep it then at least make the crystal boxes relatively random like before. for supplies it can be fun.