When I played in the beta we were able to make a group of ships and select them with a number key. It was awesome. We were even able to set the way-points to the group on the empire window and ships would automatically join up as they were made. That was awesome too!

I have suspections that my install may well be bugged, but, I'll go on anyway.

Now, in the final version, they have separated "groups" from "fleets". I don't mind this, however.. I can now no longer select my fleets from a number key. I've looked all over the UI hotkey menu and cant find an option for it. I can no longer select a "fleet" as a waypoint (the ships just follow and don't actually join). I no longer have the option to pin "groups" to the empire bar (thus I can't set a waypoint to a group). How could I select my big massive fleet-oh-death in the middle of a hectic battle involveing 4 or more of my fleets-oh-death? I could very well click the icon in the empire window but when I'm franticly looking around and micro managing its kinda hard to see.

Am I bugged? Does the new system work for everyone else or is it like this for everybody? As it is I have a hard time playing.