<r>I've been playing around with STDG for a while (I had set it down for a bit).<br/>
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A few interface suggestions:<br/>
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a) IF POSSIBLE, (probably a lot of work), a 1024x768 mode, where the galaxy view was never obsured by menues would be nice.<br/>
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b) Being able to say "Don't pause ...

<t>My personal preference is for wave weapons: Both waves and beams require NO ammo, which allows my ships to stay out longer, especially during the initial exploration phases.<br/>
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Wave weapons don't have quite the crunch power (single shot damage) of beams, but the energy conversion is ...

<r><QUOTE><s>[quote]</s><B><s>[b]</s>Move the mission selection box<e>[/b]</e></B><HR>[hr]</HR><e>[/quote]</e></QUOTE> <br/>
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Actually, I'd rather see the galaxy view just shifted over to the right hand side of the screen instead of the left, because it isn't just the mission selection menu ...

<t>The graphics are considerably nicer, and some of the gameplay changes make sense (the limited build-amounts does restrict my strategy of 1 reserarch world and 1+ build/mining world, so I guess I need to be more flexible).<br/>
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A couple comments however: the pacing is MUCH slower, 5x speed ...