Battle tactics and Fleet placement

So currently the battle planning phase is a bit dull, everything is automatic and it is not really that interesting to be honest. First of all the fact that you can not move ships between the three placement areas before battle and the fact that the placement areas before battle are dependent on the amount of ships you have just does not sit all that well with me, especially because there is more to do on this part. 

Below is a picture of a game called gratuitous space battles and i really like what the developers did with the planning phase of the Battle.

It is nice because you place your ship anywhere in the predefined area, so you can place some ships that are more defense focused up front and ships that have more attack modules behind them.  Also to the left you can set orders which is quite cool, you can set that a certain ship must focus more on fighters or more on the battle ship or smaller hulls.

I am not saying that the entire thing must be overhauled to do exactly this but a bit more power over a battle would be nice, currently you just build a fleet and the one with the better weapons and hero wins. The tactics are dull and limited. Another option is to draw a path for a ship to move in the battle and it will follow that line in battle sequence.

In my opinion this is a game that must have a better focus on battle management as it is one of the key essentials in the game. I love what they have done with the interface and the way they view the battle before it starts but like i said it feels a bit underdeveloped.