Make the ranges when people can attack you (high score) actually balance/fair

[neon mortar]

Currently i am around the 400s rank and i can be attacked/probe by people ranked 1-400 which is absurd, that is a point difference of about 43 million points.
This isnt about " jUst DoNt mAkeEyourself a target" it is the fact that at such a power imbalance that the stronger player can send, for example 100 cruisers and some cargos (small or large), a very low deut demand and the lower rank player cant defend on a mathematically level, they dont have the resources for research or defences making them easy targets even if they do/play everything right and once the defence have been destroyed it starts a death spiral of need resources to defend but cant build it piece meal and cant save the resources for tech because they are a target.

solutions/suggestions:
every 100 ranks between the 2 people in a attack have the resources gained/lost reduce by 10% or more
restrict/revise who can attack who via score
double/triple honour lost/gained in fighter with a big score difference.

[cyan cosmos]

Nice idea

[lone relic]

don't keep resources on the planet and make fleet save and that's all you need, everyone should be able to attack anyone, that's what this game is about

[neon mortar]

you seem to completely miss the point,
don't keep resources on planets- going to assume you mean keep it on a moon, which is more dangerous as a player cant build up defence faster then a planet (due to no nanite on moons) so a higher rank probes and see, lets say 10 mill in a mixture with the best defences a lower rank can muster, distance depending that is a easy hit, there is no scenario in which a lower rank CAN defend because of the time/tech/fleet difference even if a lower rank can/did everything right, simple time and a weighted system towards higher ranks means a lower rank is always at disadvantage

I would like to push back on "should be able to attack anyone" because that is unhealthy for the game in general, if i am rank 200 should i be able to attack rank 500s? i would strongly say no as it is a bad taste in the mouth in the lower rank and most people would quit rather then play a game that is so up hill.

Everything is at the whim of the higher rank player, if a rank 1 want to attack me minus one attack to class as bashing, destroy all my defences (rank 400s) i cant stop them, the best case i can do is vacation mode ie stop playing which is not good for anyone.

[lone relic]

at first ogame has never been a farming simulator, only a strategic war game which essence is to attack others

second don't keep resources and fleet "in place"

[neon mortar]

i never said ogame was/wasnt a farming sim or strategic war game i would say it leans more towards sim then anything.
I would like your opinion on this scenario on what the lower rank player should do:
No moons and is fleet saving regularly/safely a top rank 100 player attacks their planets for little gain ( under 3 mil gained) every day the lower rank cant build defences enough to repel attacks could be because of missile or mass cargos with 200%+ attack is enough to win battles.

because to me that is detrimental to the game and needs to be changed in some way, hence the suggestion