Mchart

I completely agree with the OP. I would have much rather seen an expansion that maybe introduced ship customization akin to galciv2. By doing this, it would make for more interesting matches as the enemy would be harder pressed to figure out what your ships are capable of. I doubt i'll be buying this expansion, as it seems it will expand the time of games by at least two fold. A larger tech/unit tree, ship customization, and more planet types / Bonus's is what I want. As

Space combat will be very similar to the naval combat seen in WW1. As stated, fighters/missles will be useless - as by then technology which can easily blow that stuff out of the sky will exsist. It will really come down to who can produce the most, the largest, and longest-firing ships.

I'm willing and able to quick throw together an installer for this if you like. It will remove the headache of having to copy/paste so much stuff. If you are interested contact me on AIM - aoamchart.