Hi ive just bought the game off steam as it looked a little different to the standard space based strategy games. My first thort is that the game looks and feels great even in its alpha stage. There is a hell of a lot of information which the game manages to transfer in a very easy to understand way. The heros addition and the planet management is spot on. However i am finding the build times slightly confusing, but as i said its the first time ive played so i probably havnt got a clear grip of the mechanics yet.



I do see the potential in the style of combat however it definatly needs some addtions to avoid becoming slighly tedius and purly numbers based. As at the moment the tech and cards make a difference, but the conduct of the batte does not. If i were the captain of a missle ship i would avoid getting too close to the enemy? I think the card system could work however there needs to be cards for movment and targeting, as well as the free camera i have read other people suggesting. So at each stage a movement card could be selected? With the same premise certain cards would produce critical effects whilst other would work or cancel out etc. Targeting specific ships at least i think is a must if not targeting individual areas of specific ships, which could link in with ship design. I retreat option would also be good as i dont think many people would fight tot he death if they could retreat before the battle starts.



Moreover it would be great to see a much greater variety of customisation more is definatly better in this department. i dont know if this changes with better ship components but adding and subteacting the modules doesnt make a difference visually? if that is true adding some standard chages to the base fore each upgradt would make the ship design imence. Also i would like more letters to name each ship as i cannot fit HMS Destroyer for example in the box or USS Enterprise lol...

Having it so that changing modules could change the visuals of the ships would be great. Seen that in a few games, such as EVE (at least sometimes, looking at you missiles), and it looks pretty cool.

You mispelled thought, by the way- friendly tip

lol how embarrassing it was late i was tired...