A Ton of Questions Help me Mr. Wizard

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@Darkspire
I meant that shape of the ship or position of the components didn't change how the ship performed. That was the thing that bothered me.
It was just "make your own LEGO ships". Not a bad thing as I loved LEGOS as a kid and love them even today.
Agreed on the exporting/importing ship designs from game to game. That worked well.

[Grotius]

I actually find DW's ship design more interesting than that in GalCiv, but maybe that's just me. It's true that you had more control over appearance in GalCiv, and that would be a nice addition to DW, but even as is we can choose an overall "look" for the ship.

I agree that the UI in DW's ship design could use some updating; e.g., would be nice to be able to click once instead of 10x to add ten components. Also, sometimes the explanatory text about a component leaves me a little uncertain about how it compares with another -- e.g., the different models of hyperdrive.

[the1sean]

Best ship design I've ever seen is Gratuitous Space Battles! Nothing has beat that. DW is an awesome 2nd place, then MoO2, then SE4/5, then SotS1. Alpha Centauri was pretty cool, but not exactly the same genre...