SEV: Are there missing ship types?

[thorfrog]

Artaud said:
I think (he can correct me if I'm wrong) Thorfrog is concerned about graphic representations of different hull classes. A myriad of hull upgrade possibilities is nice, but some people like the different appearance of different types of hulls. I'm one of those people.

It's less fun if you have fewer visual representations of hull types. I personally would rather have cruisers represented by one icon, battlecruisers by a second and battleships represented by a third than have several classes of cruiser hulls represented by a single icon. Lots of hull upgrades for cruisers (all using the same ship icon), and then moving to a battleship icon with lots of upgrades but no change in icon appearance, is just not my personal cup of tea.

That's my point. Why should I pay for a 3D update when you are getting less than what is in SEIV. For a 5th version I am expecting alot more than what is currently presented. And saying that the extra ship graphics were not neccessary and that's why they were dropped is not a good answer.

I can't stand the fact that many features were dropped.(sub fleets, ship graphic types, palaces, roaming monsters,etc) Say what you want about Galactic Civ 2 but atleast they are listening to their fans and adding features that are requested. Mods are only going to cover so much. Why should I have to wait for mods any way. There just seems to be many items that could have been addressed earlier on. Did this ever come up with the beta testers? (cricket, cricket, cricket)

I've played Space Empires for many years and I have to say I'm not excited about what is currently presented. I see alot of promiss but not enough follow thru. I'm not very happy with the demo also. So at this point I'm holding off purchasing this and sticking with just modding SEIV.