Honestly, I asked because I'm finding the same things as Illusions. I appear to be pretty addicted, but I can't say I'm enjoying it. I'm just stressed out. I guess the lesson I probably should have learned from TW wasn't that I can't play TW, it's that I can't play these types of games at all. It turns out, I really need to be able to turn off the game when I need to go do work or sleep. I'm also worried about the advantages that paying gives. While I still think the planet limit isn't a serious problem until late game, working without the scanner will be crippling, and not having the rest of that empire tab will make things less fun too.