1- there is a slider to slow the SP modes(all of them GC story etc..) slower movement speed build times etc.. as far as i can tell MP use's a default speed setting to keep things moving. 2-i do mostly space battles online as far as the land maps i have seen there as good as the demo map for layouts for the most part some better some worse. 3-I find it greatly fun and enjoyable, not for sure what you mean by limts though, suprise's are left up to how good your enemys are. 4-21 right now thought delphi that is just for now (meaning either they are adding more or moders will) 5- this will be the same as ALL RTS games ever made either you will enjoy it and never notice or like every rts you will find yourself doing the same thing every game after awhile. 6-dont bother me at all. 7-i do lol would like a 40pop cap for space and 15 for ground although even with a 2.8 1.5gig ram and a 7800gt 256 card if i use the fast mode speed it will cause the game to start lagging even after i slow the game down it will pause and start for a bit before smoothing out again. 8-not me. 9-lol well the base demo hardly had anything so they told the truth there are alot of suprise's in the retail, but the moders had almost everything unlocked at the end. 10-i rate the game around a 9 out of 10, only game rts wise thats higher is kohan i rate that a 10-10 i played it for 5 years