Ok, so I have played a short while on alpha, and this is what I find.  Keep in mind that this is a 54 year old male, and his 17 year old son.  So, we cover a wide area of interest.  As has been stated many times before, we do not like the tech tree set up.  The old set up is much better.  Plantetary upgrades do not automatically do themselves.  This does not work.  When I work a better research, I expect everything to build that way.  Perhaps there are situations where this doesn't work well, but I like the old way.  Idle Colonies!   Ok, I want the option to be able to do nothing on that colony.  I love the fact that it tells me that nothing is going on, but I don't want to have to do something.  This has been stated before, but I miss having the robot telling me I have researched a new item.   After research is completed, we wish for the UI to tell us so. 

     Obtaining new ships from anomalies is a wonderful addition.  Your graphics make for a wonderful new play.  We like the new ship designs, and hope it will carry over into new game.