Hmmm, while I might agree that the separate military and civilian labs should do their research simultaneously, the problem is that we would rarely have the resources to do so = simultaneous research is a good idea, but not likely to make much of a difference.

Speak for yourself, bubba.



In case you didn't notice, now all they do is prevent the enemy from traveling to other of "your" systems. Adding this in would way under power them.

Hoshiko Rbotics Cruisers are chasing the trade ships around to repair them in the middle of a planetary assault or defense. Their pilots will be shot at dawn for crimes of stupidity against the Empire.

They need to ignore them, they fly in to gauss cannons range and ignore the most important role, and that is to repair the main fleet.

I even had a Hoshiko phase jump with a trade ship while it was repairing it.

"Major, what are you doing? I need that repair to the Kol, we're at critical damage!!!"

"oh I'll be right back, let me go heal this passerby"
*phasespaces*

"MAJOR MAJO..."
*BOOM... chzzz.... chzzz*



*two minutes later*
*drops out of hyperspace*
"wow, I dont remember this much debris when I phased out, I wonder where the general's kol is?"

BTW, why do I *have* to jump straight to alliance? Isn't it labeled "Non-aggresion" rather than ally? Shouldn't I be able to choose alliance (with the burden of assisting my ally) as a separate option?

I think we really, really need to be able to adjust priorities ourselves. Like I said before, I can't stand it when my ships go haring off after a colony ship or trade ship when they should be getting rid of the structures that MAKE the ships. Or flack ships that go after cap ships, they need to go after the fighter/bombers or maybe the robot ships, maybe.

It would be nice to see who is after who on the diplo screen. It make it hard to tell when you hear the announcer say that an ally is being attacked. By who? Why? When you manage to make friends with everybody they're all yellow (orange?). And they all seem to be attacking each other with abandon. Oh, and can we cut down on the anouncements? They reach the level of just noise and don't add anything. Especially "A friendly fleet has arrived" WHERE DAMNIT???? And why do the others whisper? While I'm not hard of hearing, a normal conversation tone is quite all right.

Inquiring minds want to know.

pek

Spellcheck.net is a tool I used a lot my self some years back.

That and google are great tools if you don't know the exact spelling for a word, and goes a long way in presenting a better image of your self when you're participating in an online discussion.

Even Firefox has built in grammar correction now a days. That's like the ultimate tool above and beyond all else.

/offtopic off

eh, mehbeh you should learn how to read

yea, i agree. When u become an ally they shouldnt leave u in like 2 mins even though u just gave them a ton of credits. i also think there is a problem with fighters, they go after the cap ship that owns them. they should instead target bombers. I have also seen the fighter hanger fighters go after cap ships and other ships not bombers.

ohh yes, u know what would be cool? a fighter-bomber which is like half as good at bombing than a bomber and half as good at shooting fighters than a fighter.

Trade and Refinery ships should be reduced in priority for combat ships to the point that they come after any opposing ships and structures.

There's little point in blowing them out of the sky while there is still an enemy presence in the gravity well in the form of ships or structures.

I did mean a spellchecker. My fingers typed grammar instead though. The phase lane between my brain and fingers had a disruption.

yeah, you did.



Eh, more like spent 3 seconds on before deciding that if I can't get past the first sentence, its not worth the time. OK, I skipped over it. And its not like you labeled it as a quote!



This is one I disagree with. Taking out trade / refinery ships is a nice blow to the enemy's economy. It should definitely come after killing any military units, but logistics structures should come second for lighter units. (Leave capitol ships, kodiaks, and the like on the structures, just let fighters and maybe light frigates go after the trade ships...)

Except the trade ships are probably from other systems -- you can take out the economy boost from those systems as well as this one with a little creative thinking

... What are you talking about?

Stellar backgrounds are chosen randomly for each individual system. And thats the only thing that even comes close to what your talking about. And since thats random, not locked to your color, I don't think thats what you're talking about.