Original sentence: Changes include redesigned fleet combat, the removal of the 500 or 999 ship limit (although these have been replaced by adjustable per player limits), and modifications to the way ship building is managed
Edited sentence: As of 2006 Version 4 is very close to reaching gold status, they are many players playing in many games, the 2 major site you can play for free are Drewhead V4 and RC World (hosting V3 and V4).Be sure to visit the Planets Wiki for up to date information.Many players join every day, the game is becoming very popular and could reach version 3 popularity.Read Version 4 newsgroup for more detail and source Tim Wisseman read and post often about V4.The 2 Majors improvement of V4 over V3 are: Fleet Combat, no longer a long chain of 1-1 ship combat, all ships and fighters combat is handled in one single combat called VCR.The game is stable and fun to play, with a very high replay value with 22 races already available and others in developement.The second improvement is there is no longer a 500 or 999 ships limit, the limit is per race and each race have their own objects limit (Typically 500 to 2000 per player), furthermore you can now build as many ships as you like in a single turn, your no longer limited by 1 ships per base per turn as in V3, your only limited by your ressources (metals and moneys).Tim Wisseman (game creator) have long ago stopped developpement for version 3, he is working only on V4, he release many new update every year