What is your favorite SE4 feature?

[Resident Alien 2]

Would like to see
1. Expanded notes. Ability to add notes to a system from main game window.
2. Click on another races ship would show what we know about it with a ship display and Comp tab.

Favorite Feature = ship construction.

[dumbluck]

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Originally posted by bearclaw:

Another thing would be a syncronized Version of SE for PDA's. I realalize this would be a massive undertaking, but to be able to play SE4 while on the move..... (the mind reels at the thought).

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My god, man, do you want to COMPLETELY destroy my social life?????

[AJC]

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Originally posted by chewy027:
AJC - Why would you want to be able to overlap more? Explain more please.

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I do not like the way a ship can be trapped in combat - boxed in , especially in the corners of the battle map or near a planet and its moon .

If you could stack ship - imagine being able to set up Groups of ships - like fighters in a group.

[chewy027]

ok I see your point

[Skulky]

actually, i dont' know if this is a good thing (certainly keeps people fromrunning away), is the way the combat map ends, if it continued (ala Space Velocity or other such game into infinity) or wrapped around then people could easily run from fights they couldn't win wiht crappier engines. I guess this allows the 'im gonna get you with my battlemoon' thing to work but still it seems unfair that the map just stops and the colony ship is stuck there (due to bad AI mostly) and gets swallowed by ships it could have out run in real life. Ohwell.

[mac5732]

Chewy, It would have to be a new race, new description, atmosphere, etc, then racial traits and advance traits, Then decide on the Tech tree you want to use, a current one or brand new, designing the race won't be easy as a lot of good ideas have already been incorporated by the modders.

tks for the msg, ck your pvt mail

just some ideas mac

[Phoenix-D]

"If you could stack ship - imagine being able to set up Groups of ships - like fighters in a group."

Hmm. Personally I'd be against this idea. I like the limitations not being able to stack ships imposed on manuvering. (I played SE3 as well, so I do know how it works otherwise).

Phoenix-D

[AJC]

Stacking in combat.
What if it was an option in the setup of the game...?

To avoid the SE3 movement woes - allow the ships to be grouped in combat - like a fighter group.
that would be great
- A battleship could have support ships that stuck around and actually supported it! Not run off during the battle like they do today..

Create a fleet - with Groups of ships instead of individual ships. This would solve the task forces within a fleet concept that people have been asking for.

[ 21 January 2002: Message edited by: AJC ]

[Phoenix-D]

"A battleship could have support ships that stuck around and actually supported it! Not run off during the battle like they do today.."

Not sure why you'd want that except maybe for point-defense ships (which can be made to stay with the other ships). All my other support ships- cargo ships, tankers, repair ships, construction yards, etc- would probably be better off staying away from combat.

Phoenix-D

[tesco samoa]

cargo ships , tankers and colony ships should ram baby ram. Their only gonna die anyway.