I didnt finish that one up... Closing your gates means that you end up being colonized... which means... nothing...

You loose a truly insignificant percentage of your resources, in return your army is protected from destruction.

Teleport more than 8 hours away, uprise... Bingo you no longer are a colony. Most of my colonies did this.

I have spent money on the game, i am so annoyed that they change the game experience so drastically after you have committed yourself... all those hours of building up my cities, what for ? To loose all of my armies again because of a stealth nerf. There is no way im going to destroy all of my level 9 lumber mills to make farms, sitting in front of my computer for the next two weeks, click click click...

I was just at the point where i can seriously start thinking about my first level 10 NPC.