reduction of micromanagement

If im playing Multiplayer, I want to win, too. And I see myself as so called  "most serious" player, you have to optimize everything in MP to even remotely stand a chance. Automation is not an option if you try to play somewhat competetive.

Anyway, my point is, that optimizing and such is a hell lot of fun but only to a certain point. In EL I felt excitement while crafting my unit compositions and was looking forward to the game deciding battle at the opponents capital but it feels like this moment never arrives in ES2. It lacks the different unit types from minor factions, too.

I disagree heavily. Cooperative quests can be fun up to a certain point but they are very hard to balance. You do not want an RNG dependant Multiplayer game, just feels bad. If you win it should be due to you being better than your opponent. Of course there is always a certain RNG element to 4x games cause your spawn decides somewhat how well youre doing. But good players know how to adapt to certain situations. e.g. if you had a bad spawn in EL you still had different options to go for. Rushing a wonder is off the table since youre not able to get it before everyone else. Economy booming? same thing. youd start from behind. This leaves military options. You could go for an era 1 rush, era 3 rush or even just snack one of his new expanded cities. As you can see there was a certain strategic depth to EL that ES2 completely lacks at least in my opinion. And with not RNG dependant im not talking about core gameplay elements like world generation but rather a quest in turn 5 that gifts you 5000 dust.

Concerning the visuals youre completely right. I wanna have different art styles and buildings for each faction, I should be able to tell which faction im facing without having to check the scoreboard or diplo screen for colors and names.

To be honest Endless Space 2 is no where near being "new". Six months have passed and its still shitty. If the game sucks, dont publish it yet. Im not sure if its the decision of SEGA or the devs themselves. These updates had to be day one included. All im saying is that there are huge fans out there like me that do not enjoy this game. Ive added roughly 50 people who were active players in EL. At least 10 were online everyday. Yesterday I hopped into ES2 and there wasnt even a MP game commencing, I mean like wtf? this is 6 months after the release, we played EL for over 2 years. Of these 50 people 20 bought ES2 (some had issues with the setting, understandable. me for myself I love science fiction) and theres only ONE among them who actively enjoys the game and gave a positive steam review. 

This belongs to the forums, not to "Ideas" tab.

Like I can't even note a single actual suggestion on OP, all I see is what did you like in EL and what do you not like in ES2.

"I had hopes for ES2, but theyre gone now and honestly I wouldnt even have paid the 30 bucks for this game if I knew it would be like this." 

DerDreher wrote:

If im playing Multiplayer, I want to win, too. And I see myself as so called  "most serious" player, you have to optimize everything in MP to even remotely stand a chance. Automation is not an option if you try to play somewhat competetive.

Anyway, my point is, that optimizing and such is a hell lot of fun but only to a certain point. In EL I felt excitement while crafting my unit compositions and was looking forward to the game deciding battle at the opponents capital but it feels like this moment never arrives in ES2. It lacks the different unit types from minor factions, too.

I disagree heavily. Cooperative quests can be fun up to a certain point but they are very hard to balance. You do not want an RNG dependant Multiplayer game, just feels bad. If you win it should be due to you being better than your opponent. Of course there is always a certain RNG element to 4x games cause your spawn decides somewhat how well youre doing. But good players know how to adapt to certain situations. e.g. if you had a bad spawn in EL you still had different options to go for. Rushing a wonder is off the table since youre not able to get it before everyone else. Economy booming? same thing. youd start from behind. This leaves military options. You could go for an era 1 rush, era 3 rush or even just snack one of his new expanded cities. As you can see there was a certain strategic depth to EL that ES2 completely lacks at least in my opinion. And with not RNG dependant im not talking about core gameplay elements like world generation but rather a quest in turn 5 that gifts you 5000 dust.

Concerning the visuals youre completely right. I wanna have different art styles and buildings for each faction, I should be able to tell which faction im facing without having to check the scoreboard or diplo screen for colors and names.

To be honest Endless Space 2 is no where near being "new". Six months have passed and its still shitty. If the game sucks, dont publish it yet. Im not sure if its the decision of SEGA or the devs themselves. These updates had to be day one included. All im saying is that there are huge fans out there like me that do not enjoy this game. Ive added roughly 50 people who were active players in EL. At least 10 were online everyday. Yesterday I hopped into ES2 and there wasnt even a MP game commencing, I mean like wtf? this is 6 months after the release, we played EL for over 2 years. Of these 50 people 20 bought ES2 (some had issues with the setting, understandable. me for myself I love science fiction) and theres only ONE among them who actively enjoys the game and gave a positive steam review. 

To tie in with what Inwaves said, what are you suggesting? You say less micromanagement. Okay, how? You can already qeue production. What else can be done to lesten this?

I agree with the number 3. I make an IDEA to respect but is refused.

For the rest, I think your idea is a bit wrong. It is true that the game has too much micromanagement in some aspects, such as the TEDIOUS skill tree of the heroes. But it lacks micromanagement in other fields, such as combat, which is bland and repetitive. The rest of mechanics, I think that contribute to give complexity to the game. They convince me even if they are not perfect.