purefx

Just select the planet and right click on a planet, ship, or location in the local gravity well, and the ships built at the selected planet will go there. Or even better, set the rally point to a ship in a Ctrl-group, and the newly built ships will automatically join that group. I am really hoping this can be changed to just join the group as long as it exists, so that if that first ship gets blown up, your rally point to a ctrl group isn't nullified. In a big

Then why do you want it so badly? you missed my point. if the AI is programmed to work in 3-D in the case of running into a 3-D player, then it can easily go into 3-D and fight that way. but fighting someone in 2-D by using 3-D strategies is practically shooting yourself in the foot. I actually agree with the devs on this one. Adding that kind of 3D movement is like adding a level of complexity</

I actually agree with the devs on this one. Adding that kind of 3D movement is like adding a level of complexity, and then pretty much nullifying it by factoring it into the AI. I don't personally understand how so many of you have time to babysit your fleets to that degree. Playing beta 1 is fast and furious in a small or large galaxy. Personally, I find that the fleets move around almost too quickly and building my empire while managing 3 or more battles at a given time while colonizing, r