Things you wish they kept from SE3

[Samurai]

I really, really, really miss not having a ship-halt button.

[DirectorTsaarx]

Samurai: YES!! That was one of the best features; if you had a ship that you wanted to just stay put, but didn't want to (or couldn't) put it on sentry, it was great!

I also liked being able to specify EXACTLY how many units I wanted built; if I wanted 33 fighters, I selected 33 fighters. Now I have to either build extra fighters (to come up to a number divisible by 5) or put a couple of single fighters in the queue. Which wastes build capacity...

How about shield facilities in the standard shield tech area? Now we have to find unique technology to build planetary shields! I don't miss the weapon facilities, though; I like the weapon platforms in SE4 better.

[rdouglass]

You CAN sentry ships in SE4. You can also clear their orders - that'll also make 'em stop.

[This message has been edited by rdouglass (edited 19 January 2001).]

[Nyx]

It's been a while, but as I recall didn't SE3's fast combat resolve ship fire almost as fast as if all the guns fired in one volley. Unlike SE4's where when you tell the game to "auto resolve combat" it's this slow drawn out shot, pause, shot, pause, shot, pause. Next ship. Shot, pause,....

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[Daynarr]

Yeah, it should be much faster. A good start would be if they take out explosions from fast combat - it would double the speed.

[Atrocities]

I never played SEIII, so I have to go by what you guys are saying. In your opinions, what was a better game? SE3 or SE4?

[Kimball]

SEIV is a better game, in my opinion. SEIII had a couple advantages in starting tech levels and construction qeues, but the changes made in SEIV far outweight them.