| 1 | 1,2) It should definitely be easier given that single player save is done as opposed to no save at all.  Code can be reused, at the very least ideas and issues that were encountered and fixed for single player save can carry over.  So no matter how you look at it, it should save some time.  Either in code reuse or things learned by doing single player save.  I bet most of the code can be reused. | 1 | 1,2) It should definitely be easier given that single player save is done as opposed to no save at all.  Code can be reused, at the very least ideas and issues that were encountered and fixed for single player save can carry over.  So no matter how you look at it, it should save some time.  Either in code reuse or things learned by doing single player save.  I bet most of the code can be reused. | 
                
                    | 2 | \n | 2 | \n | 
                
                    | 3 | 3) it's not a concern.  It's up to the person hosting and the players joining if they care which slot they occupy.  You would likely play this more more often with people you know.  That they play differently or join a different slot is a choice to the people playing and has no impact on implementation aside from letting people choose their slots.  If you don't have all the players, the units of that player will be given to one of the existing players same as in multiplayer now, or just given to the host.  Again this is already implemented. | 3 | 3) it's not a concern.  It's up to the person hosting and the players joining if they care which slot they occupy.  You would likely play this more more often with people you know.  That they play differently or join a different slot is a choice to the people playing and has no impact on implementation aside from letting people choose their slots.  If you don't have all the players, the units of that player will be given to one of the existing players same as in multiplayer now, or just given to the host.  Again this is already implemented. | 
                
                    | 4 | \n | 4 | \n | 
                
                    | 5 | 4)
             
            You 
            assume 
            a 
            lot 
            of 
            things.
             
             
            I 
            gave 
            you 
            evidence 
            of 
            long 
            games 
            and 
            yet 
            you 
            still 
            argue 
            the 
            point.
             
             
            This 
            would 
            be 
            a 
            great 
            feature,
             
            and 
            as 
            @GoogleFrog 
            said 
            recently 
            (
            I'm 
            pretty 
            sure 
            it 
            was 
            him)
            ,
             
            just 
            because 
            the 
            existing 
            user 
            base 
            of 
            this 
            game 
            got 
            used 
            to 
            all 
            the 
            missing 
            features 
            because 
            they 
            have 
            been 
            here 
            for 
            years,
             
            doesn't 
            mean 
            it's 
            not 
            a 
            good 
            and 
            needed 
            feature 
            by 
            new 
            players.
             
             
            Expecting 
            limitation 
            is 
            not 
            a 
            good 
            thing. | 5 | 4)
             
            You 
            assume 
            a 
            lot 
            of 
            things.
             
             
            I 
            gave 
            you 
            evidence 
            of 
            long 
            games 
            and 
            yet 
            you 
            still 
            argue 
            the 
            point.
             
             
            This 
            would 
            be 
            a 
            great 
            feature,
             
            and 
            as 
            @GoogleFrog 
            said 
            recently 
            (
            see 
            above)
            ,
             
            just 
            because 
            the 
            existing 
            user 
            base 
            of 
            this 
            game 
            got 
            used 
            to 
            all 
            the 
            missing 
            features 
            because 
            they 
            have 
            been 
            here 
            for 
            years,
             
            doesn't 
            mean 
            it's 
            not 
            a 
            good 
            and 
            needed 
            feature 
            by 
            new 
            players.
             
             
            Expecting 
            limitation 
            is 
            not 
            a 
            good 
            thing. | 
                
                    | 6 | \n | 6 | \n | 
                
                    | 7 | 5) I'm making suggestions for what features I, and many other players would love.  I'm not saying every single player would use it, but many would.  Besides, it might be easy to do.  You never know.  It seems like most of the pieces are there. | 7 | 5) I'm making suggestions for what features I, and many other players would love.  I'm not saying every single player would use it, but many would.  Besides, it might be easy to do.  You never know.  It seems like most of the pieces are there. | 
                
                    | 8 | \n | 8 | \n | 
                
                    | 9 | 6) That's fair, but there is also a big learning curve, there are also no easy instructions on how to build and run the game from source.  The instructions I saw somewhere said that even the assets are not available in the source repository and they have to be found somewhere else, yet it didn't say where.  So there is a big cost to invest to try and do this for someone new who hasn't done it already. | 9 | 6) That's fair, but there is also a big learning curve, there are also no easy instructions on how to build and run the game from source.  The instructions I saw somewhere said that even the assets are not available in the source repository and they have to be found somewhere else, yet it didn't say where.  So there is a big cost to invest to try and do this for someone new who hasn't done it already. | 
                
                    | 10 | \n | 10 | \n |