A large problem I often have with V.net is that it seems as if nobody is around. I thought that there were mearly too few people, until I realized that joinging games in progress was not allowed. It would be quite a morale boost to occasional users to allow joining games in progress.... Maybe the player would be sent to the "select scenario" screen, and the host gets a pop-up asking if he/she wants to let the new player in... this could generate some problems, but it should balence out the disadvantages.