20 suggestions for SE IV

Possum · #1 June 10th, 2001, 08:01 AM

Yeah, Q, I'm with Atro on this.

You got a good collection of ideas, by all means send them to Aaron

Dr Strangelove · #2 June 11th, 2001, 01:28 AM

Something I'd like to see is a "quit combat" button. If a player has destroyed everything that the enemy can throw at him. but chooses not to completely eliminate the enemy it would be nice to be able to bypass having to click through the remaining combat turns. Sometimes I have a spare fleet not accompanied by a troop ship. I'll use the fleet to knock down enemy planetary defenses, but I'll leave the planet intact because it will be worth more when I take it. It's tedious to click on "End Turn" twenty times.
I also wonder if there is anything that can be done to teach the AI to have enough common sense to avoid black holes.

Otherwise the list is quite good.

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Suicide Junkie · #3 June 11th, 2001, 01:38 AM

I really like #20, but you need to add "units" to that list. Currently, things like shield regeneration and boarding parties do not work on fighters.

Emperor Zodd · #4 June 11th, 2001, 05:12 AM

I suggested #16 to Aaron Last year.
It would be a great help against crew insurrection.

Dravis · #5 June 11th, 2001, 12:54 PM

#9 already is in the game(though you have to use the data files to creat warp points that have those properties).

Dravis · #6 June 12th, 2001, 01:25 AM

Another thing that I wish was in SE4 is the ability to split fighter groupes. That is #21(or the replacement for #9)?

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Suicide Junkie · #7 June 11th, 2001, 02:42 PM

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Another thing that I wish was in SE4 is the ability to split fighter groupes.

Sattelite Groups too!
In fact, any group of units except mines should be formed into squads of X units, with X being set by the player.

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