[khanuk]

The three things I would really like to see are the following:

1 break-off or retreat option for space combat - it really gets on my nerves always having to accept combat and then spending the whole tactical phase trying to run away from the other side - even when your ships are much faster and should have been able to refuse combat sue to their speed. Obviously, you would have to accept combat in certain circumstances eg transitting a warp point into the teeth of an enemy blockading force;

2 some tactical advantage for defenders in warp point assualts, for example, the attackers being disorientated for the first few combat phases or not being able to bring all their ships through in one wave - this would really add to the power play of the game as a smaller defence force with mines and satellites could effectively hold off the larger force;

3 ground battles, I would like this on a hex map similar to the tactical map, maybe a random relief of the world you are invading - you would then have more room for strategy an tactics, siting of defence bases, troops etc and the strategy options mentioned below would be really worthwhile.

Lord knows how any of this would be effected but as it is Christmas, may be MM could some or all of these up in the next patch or SEV or whatever

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