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a lot of great ideas here! heres another: Instant Fleet Game Option while sometimes i really do enjoy the micro-ing of building the entire military-industrial complex that is the backbone of the fleet the traditional RPG way (and SoSE does this brilliantly) --- other times i just want to jump into a full scale all out battle, fielding my own full fleet against various enemies (also full fleet) in a battle for survival and control of the map. i would love to see the OP

AGREE: setting up patrol routes via waypoints is a common RPG feature and as the OP described, would be very useful and a huge time saver. of course the unit or group of units on patrol would stop and fight if it discovered opposition - before continuing the patrol route, except in the case where the patrolling unit is a scout and is avoiding contact by nature.

just want to add my love to the DEVs for this fascinating game. you know they've done a brilliant job when you can stay riveted to a single match (AI) that lasts over 48 real time hours (spread over days) and spend a good chunk of your "out of game" time working out strategies to try when you get back in. other posters have used the word "Epic" to describe SoSE and i think it fits well. as far as some of the negative posts, its unfortunate that some people are in the habit of using a