As far as I heard from my friends that played Endless Space 1, the combat system is basically a stone/paper/scissor battle which rewards you in the end with a cutscene. Are there any news of a new combat system?  Doesn't sound very fulfilling. 

Yes, there are news of the battle system changing, and no, there are no news.

There are news, in that you can check out the Game Design Document for their plans.

There are no news, because the only video so far from Gamescom 2016 has had the battle cut off due to time constraints.

The-Cat-o-Nine-Tales wrote:

Yes, there are news of the battle system changing, and no, there are no news.

There are news, in that you can check out the Game Design Document for their plans.

There are no news, because the only video so far from Gamescom 2016 has had the battle cut off due to time constraints.

Welp, that's a shame. Doesn't seem like much has changed though (Upon viewing the Documents). I just hope that there'll be more depths to the combat system. 

Trust me, they have bigger plans than a simple rock-paper-scissors card system. But that's about all I can say that isn't already in the GDDs.