I just realized a fundamental problem in gameplay: batteries CHARGE your energy. What I'd suggest is that you have batteries that increase your max power, and generators that increase your power generation. This would make it so that you could create your own custom 'battery' (or what we call batteries). It'd also allow for cool stuff, like solar panels for everyone and the people who are loved by the government get nuclear reactors (getting blown up=BIG boom, higher output). /me puts on his flame retardant suit... :P

Actually, that's not a bad concept, to have the contents of the ship affect the nature of the explosion. If you're carrying Avalons, there should be a multiple-avalon explosion when you die.

Imagine kamikazing with that... Eeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee...

I wouldn't call this a fundamental problem, but it would be fairly cool feature.

At least one dev has already tossed this around as an idea within the last month.

I've already got a thread around here somewhere where I argue against Kamikazi or anything that encourages it, so I won't repeat my thoughts here.

Well, fundamental as in it has the wrong name... Besides, using that many avalons is basically suicide anyway...