@Plantissue
I dont. But Ill bite, at least for the sake of an argument.
The issue is, that i dont think you thought this topic through.
Look, you found something that looks like a problem, and for the sake of an argument, lets say, that you are correct. But you never bothered to go one step further, and think about the implications of fixing it.
Let's see, one point at a time:
1.There has to be a limit.
Listen, It would be best, if there was no limit at all. But sadly, this is an imperfect world that has its limitations. 500 already strangles the game like hell. Maybe you could code the game to use more processing cores, but ouh boy, thats a lot of work. And this is a small project all things considered.
So if 1 = true, then:
2.You have to be able to carry more DP than you can deploy,
because if you dont, then Combat readiness is void, and should be scraped/redesigned. Ergo skill nodes that upgrade it, should be scraped/redesigned, and ship mods, and even map movement, storms, emergency burn and much more. Since alot of strings are connected to combat readiness.
So, if 1 = true and 2 = true, then:
3.There has to be a mechanism that allocates DP,
because if there isnt, and DP's are simply split in half, then there is no advantage to having a bigger fleet, ergo, you could fly with nothing but 2 Onslaughts + maybe a gryphon(100DP whole fleet), and win with multiple ordos at once, since the game isnt capable of wining with a human 1:1, and after the first wave going down, you would just camp the spawn. And also, it would be pointless to be smart on the galaxy map, and pick off fleets 1 by 1, not just run at multiple opponents bunched up.
So at the end of the day, the only thing that you could potentially do, is to come up with a different way of making a split, but is there a different way? All i can think of, is a bunch of horrible ideas that would make it even worse, like making skills, or level of the main character affect it.
Hmm, maybe you could give the player something like a bonus DP's for deploying small ships, and not capitals? But then, its only fair, if bigger fleets have the upper hand...