Well, seeing as their working on three small separate add-ons and a further full add-on, it'll probably take a long while before they'll actually start working on a second game.

Id rather Ironclad made the sequel, lol, and in about 3 years time...

I'd like to see a better online multiplayer user interface and auto-download for custom (Galaxy Forge made) maps and mods.

Aside from auto-downloading, here are some of my user interface ideas:

Allow folks hosting a game or those who have "joined" a game to pull up a game browser as a separate window and see what other games are forming.

Allow people to join multiple chat channels and let them switch between them with tabs (like in mIRC).  Also let people continue to access the chat channels while they're playing in a game.

Create an in-game window that could be accessed with a function key that shows the public chat and team chat.

Allow people to create multiple friends lists for each account and to be able to send messages to separate friends lists, ie; /f1 (friends list one), /f3 (friends lists 3), etc.

Give the game built-in voice comm so that people can chat with teammates without having to use Teamspeak or Ventrilo.

what i truly hope on there next add-ons is that there will be a campaign better diplomacy and mosst of all but i think that will never happen planetary battles. i would looove to see that you send down a whole invasion force down on a planet something like supreme commander, i hope that if that day comes when they do that it will be very large with lots of units not like C&C  but hundreds of tanks or maybe thousands that would be so awesome.

I'd like to see more moddablility, and the auto-download feature for mods/mod maps. Does anybody at Stardock/Ironclad play custom maps in Warcraft 3? Its the main reason why Blizzard games aren't pirated that much, because you WILL want to play it online, with custom mod maps. No need to download an entire mod, the map has mods built in.

Also, this is very Homeworld 2 esque, but I feel big ships should act like big ships, like in most movies (Star Wars anyone?) the bigger ships have multiple anti-fighter defenses, and also are bristling with other weaponry. I'm not asking you to stick on hundreds of turrets and make Super Star Destroyer/Death Star equivalents; I know that would play hell with my computer (2.2 GHZ, 4 G RAM, ATI x2600) and would be more than slightly unrealistic.

The hardcoded limits are about 10 per ship, make it like, 20, and the modders will be jumping for joy.

(I can't use the Edit function anymore for some reason, so this has to go into another post.)

One more idea for the auto-download would be to have custom content get approved/vetted by Ironclad or Stardock first (to make sure that it's virus free and trouble free) and to then allow only those specific mods and files that have been vetted to be auto-downloaded.

If there is going to be a second game. Would anyone like to see a new race and a lot of other different add ons to the previous races. Though there is a mod where a person has made a mod with a new race the Xin. He also added a whole bunch of addons like outposts powers ships and an entirely new class of ships TITAN class ships. These as you can see by the title are bigger than your average cap ship. Even though this mod is great it could be refined or used for a new game. So does anyone want to see new ships, powers or maybe even a new race?

Also if there is a new game does anyone feel interested in a new race that was persuing the Vasari. Does anyone want to find out who they are?

You are assuming too much I think.

Our next game after Demigod (the fantasy strategy game) will have integrated downloading and submission of mods in the game itself.

For SOASE 2 Combined Spacebattles with DETAILED Ground combat would be the win. It's completely doable I think.

Make space bombardment have lasting consequences on a planets value so invasion (especially of terran type) planets is useful, make structures capturable. Give planets landbased structures (eg space elevators would increase the economy but cost a lot to build). Universities would increse the speed of overall research (by a small ammount per University, multiple universities on a planet would have a synergistic effect however).  Space Academies would result in more skilled ship crews coming from ships produced in that gravity well, strike craft produce in hangars in system would also be better. Troop Training Centers could allow troops to be produced there, Army Academies would result in more skilled ground forces produced on planet. These would be expensive and take time to build (ie enough to make a planet more desirable to capture/bombard) Underground Fortresses make a certain ammount of your civilian population invulnerable to bombardment until the entire planet is killed. Farms would increase economy a bit, and allow larger populations, as well as produce excess food that can be transported to other worlds (or traded to aliens). Mining Centers would produce resources on a planet (planet based resources would be more variable than asteroid, and they could change in value based on planetary morale, loyalty, goverment type, and good or bad luck. They would have a negative effect on food production and morale however. Factories would increase the value of trade produced on planet but also affect morale. They could also increase the production speed of units and structure produced there (synergistically, ie one factory 5%, two factories 15%, three factories 30%, etc)

Each of these (and other) structures would cost a certain amount of planetary points, some could only be built on certain types of planets (eg Terran would be best for farms, though they might operate at 25% on Ice, mining centers best on Volcanic etc)

Your ground forces would fight fairly intelligently on planet, and you could drop in to give them more specific orders if needed. They'd be landed by dropships and consist of three basic classes (Infantry, Tanks/Mechs, Capital Ground Units (ie Superunits) These different classes would be researchable to upgrade or get new units available. Each unit would cost an overall army point value (limiting total army size in a manner similiar to fleet sizes in SOASE 1), in addition it would have a transport value (limiting the number that could fit on a transport vessel (or the types of transport vessels that could carry it). ALL units would gain experience and go from green to elite. Capital units would be capable of firing at ships in near orbit (as would some specialized smaller units). Strike craft could be used to support/defend ground forces.

You couldn't build your own forces on the planet until you've captured at least a continent (planets could have multiple random continents with varying terrain in each region, troop construction would be slow unless the entire planet is controlled by a player (based on percentage of planet owned) , in most cases, ground troops have to be transported in.

Get new classes of ships.

Troop Transports (frigate, cruiser, and capital sizes), Teraforming ships (capable of transforming planet types), large Cargo, Mining, and Construction ships (their presence would increase construction speed or improve the economy/resource gathering, but cut down on your military force), Food transports allow larger populations to exist on less habitable worlds (but if those transports don't arrive in time...)

Government Types

These would affect your economy, military capability, research, and more, they would also affect aliens relations with you. Democracy, Monarchy, Dictatorship, Fascism, etc.

Diplomacy

Allow more options, eg demand tribute, Join the Empire (pay your goverment taxes), form trading blocs (you get a separate "black market where prices might be cheaper for some goods), form defensive pacts (you contribute ships to neutral fleets that act as quickly as possible to defend pact members, if a defensive pact breaks down then those ships may turn pirate, may join various ex pact members fleets, etc. You might be able to bribe their fleet to join yours, Assasinate their leader, support them economically in order to defend yourself against whoevers on the other side of their gravity well.

Small Factions

These would be similiar to the neutral forces on planets before they're captured, but they could act and react diplomatically, and they would be researching Space Lane travel (if they discover that technology then they become a major faction and can expand, research, etc as starting factions. They can also be asked for tribute, to join the empire or else, react to your culture, suffer ground invasions and be forcibly integrated, etc.

Espionage

Sneak a nuke into a Novalith Cannon? Capture the plans for an enemy ship? Steal technology? Assasinate a planetary Governor or Assasinate the Emperor (resulting in enormous economic and cultural damage for a period of time either for a planet or the entire empire) etc. You'd need a specialized Academy to make spies, and they would gain experience for successful missions much like capital ships, getting skills related to their intended role (Sabotage, Assasination, Subterfuge, Technology theft, inciting rebellions, etc)

More Variability in planets.

Planets should be unique, and have multiple features that set them apart and increase or decrease their overall strategic value or interest. Exploring the planets should have more wonder and surprise.

I still like the idea of a sins ship creator.

Mods...

Let 'em milk this one for all its worth first. God knows they deserve it.