I read that Dave said that he was planning to introduce newbie protection? Is it instituted?
Sort of. Taking a planet is now based on size of population, size of attacking fleet and society level. You can still defend by building a single scout every turn though until you can build a big enough fleet to take them out, so not too bad, but still can be annoying for new players. The only thing the update changed is that you can't take an inactive home planet with a scout any more, meaning it's harder for people to take someone out if they look to be inactive but really just went away for the weekend
