I have several suggestions:

As we've been discussing in LTXVI forum I think it'd be really nice to open a vote to limit the alliance size in FFA-diplomacy games. The reason is, in general, the larger the alliance, the easier to win and this makes the game less fair and less fun (even for the winning large alliance). I guess we had limited the team sizes to 6 in LTXV. Why not do the same with ffa games? There will be a major difference from team games of course. Unlike team games alliances in ffa games will still be dynamic as long as no alliance grows above max # of members allowed. Of course once we limit the alliance, we should also limit the winner to one alliance only to avoid collaboration between two large alliances.

My other suggestion is about the # of games. Right now we usually have two simultaneous games: LTex in which new players can always join and another actual game (either diplomacy ffa, team, or no-diplomacy ffa). LTex is very different so if you want to play a real game and the game had just started or you died early in the game, you have to wait several months to be able to play another one. Also, I think this makes us lose a lot of potential new players. I suggest even when the active game is going on, we should always have another game to signup with preferably a different style (ffa, team, no-diplomacy) than the ongoing game as some players have time to play multiple games at the same time. Since I am not sure how many players might be interested in the 2nd game (maybe 5, maybe 50) I think it'd be nice to start those games with less players (e.g. as soon as 10-15 players sign up) as the point is not to wait long. And, after 10-15 players joined the 2nd game and it started, we can then open a 3rd game and start it as soon as another 10-15 players join, and so on...When the 1st game with 30 players ends, another large game can start. But having a smaller real game (not LTex) that is always available to sign up and that starts without much waiting allows players who missed the deadline or who died early in the current game to avoid long waiting periods, and I believe that way we will also gain more new players.

edit:
I have more suggestions regarding diplomacy in the game. Right now, when you meet with another nation for the first time, the default status is war. This causes problems (undesired war declarations and unit teleports) while forming alliances.So, I propose the default status to be peace. Besides, right now the contact time is 0 turns so we can't create alliances without many diplomats. Both can be also solved with a better solution: when your ally allies with someone, you should also automatically be allied with that person, which will also reduce the # of required diplomats/embassies to form a 6 player alliance from 15 to just 5. Also, when your ally establishes embassy with someone else (friendly or enemy), you should also automatically establish embassy with that person. Right now you have to keep asking your ally to provide information to you.

Kryon