1. Maybe a mechanic allowing better targetting of ship systems in space combat. For example, targetting energy or engine modules to disable them, marines to then board them if there are any in your fleet, and capture them. This could speedup discovery of alien technologies and maybe add additional a...

- Also the option to play the game without starlanes at all (meaning everyone gets the tech to travel offline). This is more a feature for mods. But personally I like more the starlanes because they give the effect from routes. Without starlanes, there is not possible defense against a attack, they...

Why? The scouts/transports/colonizers don't NEED cheats as they can have huge ranges already, so it's definitely not needed for expansion. The real impact is on early combat ships-- Corvettes in particular. Why should ANY colony (AI or player) be in danger from Corvettes when the nearest enemy colo...

One of thereasons I gave up on PS for the short term. My fear was that since they didn't need fuel containerstwhile they could load up with other things (weapons, subsystems, etc). That gives the AI a major advantage. Combined with not having a good way to secure borders it made it way too easy to ...

I'm a veteran gamer. I’ve been playing this game almost continuously in my free time for weeks. It is deep and interesting. It is even exciting at times, though most of the time I wouldn't describe it that way. I think the mechanics of technology and ship design interact superbly. I'm enjoying the s...