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ORIGINAL: benjiro

From my first impressions of the game:

* Troop Handling.

* More "go to event" ability is needed

* When something can not be build, do not show the icon ( like Research station that do not get a bonus at x location = no build = no reason to show icon ). Or wonder? build icon that are empty, with no "return" icon to go back.

* A lack of ability to focus on key battles. If the AI advices a raid against a Pirate or whatever base, it will be nice to see a followup: "Battle xx starting, go to event?". Too many battles end up, when your focused on other spots, and you "miss" the battle.

* Interface to darn frustrating ( you lose a lot of time doing basic things ). Why can you not say: Get the closest ship of x, do x task here. Its frustrating that you always need to find a ship, select it, go back to the source, and then give the command. Or find the ship in the interface ( left one ), with 100's of ships when you do not know where that ship you selected really is. How about query tasks? Ships in the area do x, y, z in this location.

Last game, i noticed 35 or 40 construction ships, flying across the map, to go repair a battleground of ships, to run out of fuel 1/10 of the way. In other words, almost all my construction ships ended up being send by the AI. And as i was too busy dealing with combat, by the time i noticed this ( big map, they where already out of my view sector ), there was no point bringing them back ( and icing on the cake, the battleground had a pirate ship hitting the arriving construction ships = Even if they arrived ... ).

The automation on some points is bad, but turning it off, results in you needed to query every job, with a interface that is not designed for "ease".

I hope that the next expansion solves plenty of those points.

ORIGINAL: Bingeling

Troop management needs some love. Specify a minimum troop level on colonies that any automated ship will never send the planet below. This would make my "automate empty transports" safe, without risking the capital or the front line core colony from becoming void of garrison.

Better AI never hurts...

I would love new, nasty, game setup options. The hardest thing in the game is starting it. Think about advanced options with randomized elements like random antagonist empires starting with way of darkness, 50% more colonies, and a ultra rare source on a colony. When the player asks for it, of course... It could give some meaning to difficulty beyond credit balance.