The Patch!

[Puke]

seriously. the pause ability makes the game. i especially use it for manual point defense. if it was an arcade action game, you would have direct cursor / mouse control over your ship. maybe move with cursor, target with mouse. but this isnt that.

[Foosnark]

I pause all the time to give orders, or to take out incoming fire with beams... but I'd still like a hotkey for "fire" since it's one of the most common activities