[Magnum357]

One thing I would like too see is Military Alliance in Diplomacy lowered just above a Non-aggression pact. You can have an alliance with someone without having a Trade or Research Alliance with them.

As a matter of fact, how about editable diplomacy statuses? You could agrange the diplomacy statuses the way you want or add some new ones. On the other hand, that could be complicated to code in for Aaron. At least editing the order of Alliancees in the game would be nice. You could still have War, None, Non-intercorse, Non-aggression Pact Hard coded, but the other treaties could be customizable.

As for 3D, I hope SE5 keeps too its Turn-based Strategic setup like preveious SE Versions, but I wouldn't mind seeing Tactical Combat in 3D format. And although Star Fury is neat for Single ship duals, it might not be practical since SE deals with large Empires and large Fleets. How about a 3D Tactical Combat system like Homeworld? You could still have many of the features of Starfury in it, but the control would be similar too how Homeworld worked for Fleet operations.