Bugs, design questions, or other issues found in current build (0.90 beta 2)

1. When doing a selection buy selection window, the missle turret things on the TFC carriers are getting picked up in that seleciton window.  It is causing havoc on my play style of select all and an area and move or whatever because they cant move so i get no move buttons.  Can you make them select like a fighter where if you select with a drag window you wont get them unless there are no real ships in the area?

2. The military strength value for the relationships seems to be wierd because as a human player there is no way to know how strong someone is.  So how would the AI know if I have 1 ship or 10000 ships if he doesnt have some kind of vision.  Why should the AI get access to the data of how strong everyone is when we cant do the same?

All my yes have a value from 1 to 10.  10 being highest priority to me.

Game mechanics

1. Have a % likelihood indicator on pacts and missions
Yes (3) 
2. Continual Tribute option (% of income, metal or crystal tribute per minute to a faction)
No
3. AI working together on harder settings
No, use a team game for that.
4. More distinction between AI personalities
Yes, (8)
5. A method of Sabotage on metal, crystal income
No
6. A Peacetime bonus (increases credit income and culture spread with faction)
No
7. A Wartime bonus (increases metal, crystal income with faction)
No
8. Economic/Diplomatic Victory Mode - This will have a few sub voting sections with descriptions.
    a.  Gather X amount of resources/credits first
Yes as long as it is an optional setting, (2)
    b.  Achieve X amount of culture control over the map
Yes as long as it is an optional setting, (2)
   c.  "Wonder" building (would have a warning when started, completed and time to destroy)
Yes as long as it is an optional setting and you get vision on where it is too, (2)
   d. "Domination" victory condition - Control X number of population and have a embassy on all homeplanets. (would help to shorten games, no mop up duty)
Yes as long as it is an optional setting, (2)
    e.  "Diplomatic" victory condition - Be elected leader of the sector.  (Have the highest influence on all factions, embassy on all homeplanets and highest culture percentile) the election could be instigated every 15 mins. and the game ends when one player meets the requirements.
Yes as long as it is an optional setting, (2) 

Abilities

1. The ability to make demands from rival factions
Yes, (10)
2. Open boarders pact (traveling within a cease-fire well causes negative reaction if not under open boarders)
Yes, (10)
3. Embassy ability to spread propaganda (propaganda strengthens ties between 2 factions, causing greater bonus/penalties)
No
4. The ability to secede a planet (transfer control from one faction to another)
Yes (9)

Aditional Items I would like to see implemented

1. If you backstab an AI, they remember and dont offer to ally with you 2 seconds later after the fact.

2. Give an AI player an "Insult" that would lower thier faction with you by a large ammount for a time or even provoke them to attack you.  This can be used to get some pressure off one of your allies for example or just a simple way to stop them from spamming you with requests and demands while you are ripping them apart.

3. Make a way to do counter-deplomecy, having a way to lower reltations with 2 factions that are not your own.

Another AI improvement suggestion...

Have the AI purchase capital ship levels!

burnedbacon, I think that is an excellent idea. It makes sense too, as you wouldnt want one central government for multiple star sytems because it would be too unwieldy. System capitals makes much more sense. Perhaps each collective group of planets linked to a sub-capital have a separate allegiance level to you, so individual worlds can secede, but if you do badly a whole system could secede at once

Well, now that I think about it there is one more improvement this would be to rebellion on a planet were the planet that rebelles becomes a neutral faction with control of all the stuff that was in orbit from it's prevous empire.  You know how some times there are up rising some time even when enemie propoganda isn't even involved. Just some thing to think about it would make a very hard game

  e.  "Diplomatic" victory condition - Be elected leader of the sector.  (Have the highest influence on all factions, embassy on all homeplanets and highest culture percentile) the election could be instigated every 15 mins. and the game ends when one player meets the requirements.

I think this one will be one of the best possible changes