Mokinokaro

Vasari being able to jump is a bad idea. It turns vasari bases into uber powerful but slow cap ships.

Perhaps give the ability to detect mines to capital ships or support cruisers as a researched upgrade? Makes scouts useful for mid to late game but still gives you a chance against mines later on.

Use scouts against mines.

I'm leaving for work in 5 minutes. I was hoping I'd at least be able to start the download. Then again, I didn't pre-order until a couple days ago.

One of the reasons entrenchment is an optional upgrade is that not everyone's going to like the defensive style of play it introduces.

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Moons would be nice but they'd be basically a graphic effect. Unless, you made them extractor points or something, or gave bonuses to planets with moons.

I would like to see, if not new ships, some unique abilities added to the smaller vessels. LRM frigates for instance could, after research, have a missile burst ability for instance that would fire a large amount of missiles but prevent the ship from firing for a while after used. Things like that to make even the basic frigates more useful in the late game.

What I'd like to see: 1. Stronger static defenses (especially for TEC as the railguns simply are not worth using.) I want it almost necessary to have at least cruisers in your fleets if not caps to beat just static defenses on homeworlds. 2. Revamp of the diplomacy system including the ability to issue contracts/missions to other players. 3. Cap ship using pirates 4. the mine ability as mentioned in the original post. More strategy options are always welcome. 5. Instead of