[SpaceBadger]

Originally posted by Lighthorse:
Here what I want to have in SE5.

1. Diplomacy that actually works

You mean with AI? Yeah, smarter AI would be great. I'd also like to be able to tell them to keep their ships out of my systems, even if we are allies. As it is now, I often have to refuse alliances with AI just to keep the pesky buggers from colonizing (and then claiming!) my home systems.

5. Change the combat map from a close square to a open ended circle. Allow ships to exits the combat map if they can out run they pursuiters.

Man, I -hate- the little square combat map! What, space has -corners-??? And a faster ship that is beyond weapon range should be able to stay out of weapon range and escape, not get caught in those %&^%*# corners!

7.Shipping lanes that appear as some dull race's color line that connects different sections together. Have the ability to blockade/raid/attack that shipping line and steal those resources. Thus empires will have to protect their freighters, form convoys with military escorts and fight to maintain lifeline of trade.

Yes, at least some form of shipping that has to actually move from one place to another for trade to occur, that would be vulnerable to piracy, commerce raiding, or simply refusal to allow through controlled warp-points. This would vastly improve the strategic game to my thinking - especially if you could tick some option boxes for each empire, allowing all/none of their shipping, or only commercial shipping, or ban colony ships or military ships - or this could be automatic depending on the level of treaty you have with them, allowing only commercial ships to pass at NA, TA, and TRA, military ships for MA, and colony ships only for partners.

8.Sats should spread evenly around planets and warp-holes.

Yes, it is so annoying sometimes now when you have a good number and variety of satellites in a sector either as guards or as reinforcements for a fleet of guarding ships, and then when combat comes they are all in one lump that may not be placed very well to assist in combat.


SpaceBadger

[ November 20, 2003, 23:49: Message edited by: SpaceBadger ]