hi buddy and tanks for the message.... try to give early suggestion. even if you think its in the game put it....like i would like that the interceptor have the option to repare/keep fighting on the( i hope its there ) auto repair resuply/repair from the carrier or other capital ships.... see ya

I think they have fuel limitations if they leave a certain radius of the carrier.

i dont seem to be able to find, the post where it was said. But there shouldnt be any fuel for fighters/bombers. But i agree it should have some when getting futher away from its carrier/base

ah! right I remember now.

something about the fuel being removed... but if the carrier dies they will die sooner or later, so their range isn't limited but their survivability is.

emphasis on strategy.
and I like the idea of probes that screw with local "terrain" in that ships and abilities (maybe scanners?) work odd in some way.

ok, here goes.

I want a dynamic system that really highlights the way a player plays.
for instance someone who really is fortifying his technology should be able to unlock deeper levels of technology than other people who are focusing on other strategies can

this should also occur for anyone basing themselves on trade or military, i.e. certain thresholds allow you to increase your profits, or to allow convoys go farther, or in the case of military; unlock more ships (based on relative (to other spending) # you have bought)

nice suggest give more !!!!!!!!lol
tks guys... very interesting its the perfect exmple of what i want...
Keeeppp up Sugest .......explode your brain!

There should be big monsters, preferably space Teletubbies. This would be a good leisure activity between two empires. Inter Galactic Teletubbie Hunting Day.

Hi guys, my first post!

I think there should be:
1. Fleet Formations. The game calls itself "epic." No doubt players will be able to control many ships at the same time. Fleet formation makes it easy to mavuever. Not only capital ship formations, also capital ships can have a fighter screen formation (example, homeworld ) etc.

2. Forward/Reverse while Firing in Formation. To add to the formations, there should be options to let the fleet, already in formation, to move at the same speed, together, forward, reverse, or even sideways (Note: this is different from moving all the ships to a single point, but rather, move the entire formation forward, not to a particular point, just forward). Example, say your fleet is composed of 6 ships, in a inverse V formation. You should be given the capability to thrust this inverse V formation against the enemy's line formation, without stopping, until you are on the other side of the enemy line, then you should be able to turn each indivudual ships around, without turning the whole formation! (faster that way), then do the thrusting again.).....maybe I am asking too much here.

3. Problems concerning EMP. Once I played Nexus the Jupiter Incident online. There is EMP in that game too. It is not a bad idea. However, most people playing online fires EMP directly into the battlefield, regardless friends or foes before they enter the arena. On average, every minute there was an EMP going off, totally defeats the balance of the game. EMP should be handled carefully.

4. PUBLICITY!!! Even though it is still early, I believe this game deserves more attention. Judging by the number of posts in the forum, not many people know about this game yet. Now advertising costs money, I know. But it is worth every penny. (word of mouth works too) I hate to see the games I really like go unnoticed, not because they are not good, but because no one knows of it. While bad games (bad game play anyway) from certain big companies get all the attention simply because its well known.

This is all I can think of right now. I'll add more later.

keep up sending nice suggest

2. Forward/Reverse while Firing in Formation. To add to the formations, there should be options to let the fleet, already in formation, to move at the same speed, together, forward, reverse, or even sideways (Note: this is different from moving all the ships to a single point, but rather, move the entire formation forward, not to a particular point, just forward). Example, say your fleet is composed of 6 ships, in a inverse V formation. You should be given the capability to thrust this inverse V formation against the enemy's line formation, without stopping, until you are on the other side of the enemy line, then you should be able to turn each indivudual ships around, without turning the whole formation! (faster that way), then do the thrusting again.).....maybe I am asking too much here.
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this is a very good suggest

nice one Emp.
my philosophy, oh god a direct blow to the stomach.
  as if it was capitalism that was the dictator, hah.
but I dont see that happening (republic capitalist Vasari? I dont see them being so kind... perhaps a socialist nation would fit better)

I second that.

especially the tactics part. I want TACTICS!!! (too many games lack this in excess)

A few things I noticed.

A need for formations - Unfortunatly most formations in space are unrealistic. Two reasons for this.
1) Real space being vast and the like. Once two races get to the point when they would fight, they would have weapons with such range that formations would mean neraly nothing. First would be Smart weps. then guided weps. then instant hit weps., and if anyone is left massed unguided AP and Explo. weps.
2) The action(unrealistic) favored approach. The devs want action in the game so to foster that, a WWII mentality emerges of dogfights and the like. So ships would start with missiles and laser, then proj weps, and a variety as the fleest get tangled.
Answer - You may start with a formation, but it would do next to nothing, you would set-up a combat plan, ie having picket ships circle your carriers while blockade breakers run through the enemies lines and large ranged warships fire from the outer reaches. Strike craft hit subsystems, and skirmishers attempt to lure ships away fro mthe enemies many body. About the only formations that could really be useful, would be a columnish formation, a spherical one, and maybe a wall type. There of course would be attack formations for fighters, but really anything bigger then that a ridged formation would only serve to get crew killed. Flexability is the key.

Indepth Diplo Strats - this cant be done with real players, at least not in simple and fun way, you would need AI players for that. This can't be done effectively with a RTS game.

Planets worth something - I would like this too. We shall wait and see.


MY stuff - This is more of questions then suggestions. Fleet types. Will there be options by technology or by the upgrade systems to tailor a fleet say towards a swarm mentality(quantity over quality) or perhaps technological(quality over quantity) or a combo of both? One TEC players attacks with hordes of ships while another has 1/10 that but equally strong( the quality of hte ships make up for hte number)?

I ask because its was always a ton of fun to have 12 of my ships annihilate 60 enemy ships in master of Orion. Especailly when I was fighting an Empire 4 times my size. Technology deffinatly worked wonders in that game.

I knew that you would say something about my "1)" thing, I know all that, was trying to cut down on my length. but dont forget, there are offensive counter messures(sp) to your defensive. It all depends on whom has the best stuff. LAter with that though. As far as me being monopolized, my point in that was that I couldnt be monopolized. All the resources for my empire was produced by my planets. I had tons of cash, and I could out produce the enemy even with my smaller Imperial size. The way a monopoly works is one party have enough of something that everyone HAS to go to them for that good. Since everyone has to go to them for that good, then they can set the price. Even though the enemy had more then I did, I still didnt have to go to him for anything, I was self sufficient. Maybe you and I have different ideas about monopoly?