to make the playing filed a little easier for people who don't buy as much dark matter, just eliminate the "premium account option for the "player search" shrink the universe to 3 galaxies and slow the fleet speed a bit then everyone has to scan the universe, but it's still doable
although if there isn't a galaxy map - someone will just write a script to scan the galacy for them and then they will be the only ones with everyones location
really all the premium bonuses do is save people time, that's all. so if you contribute to the game you get to keep some of your time! tims is money, seems fair. player search just saves you time, same as harvest, and fleet waves, just time. A non DM player can just scan on his own, transport resources, and send extra waves manually- NOT A HUGE advantage!!! just fair compensation for the money spent. Some games don't even allow you to EARN DM, only pay. Biggest advantage to the active players is…