Hey, long-time Arcen fan here. I'm interested in joining the beta once the diplomacy portion is complete. I'm very excited to see how those changes pan out.
In general, I'm the kind of person who hates 4X games BECAUSE of the Diplomacy aspect. It's almost always slow, unimaginative, boring, predictable, and downright inferior to just wiping out your foes one by one. So I figure that if you can win me over with this new system of yours, you can win just about anyone over.