"For a radical idea, make a checklist in the player info box to give pilots or captains the ability to set certain outfits and weapons (1st or 2nd triggered) on or offline, it's like turning on or off extensions on your Mac."
I suggested this in one of my previous posts as an "order dialogue" box or something.
It would really enhance gameplay.
It would be even better if you could, say
tell escorts to disable, not destroy
tell your "crew" not to destroy the enemy ship
tell your "navigator" to set a course directly to XXX (automatically plots the shortest route for you)
It would also be nice if there were different escort formations. For example, when you tell them to defend, they would form around you in a box or circle to offer better protection, of other formations, just so that the eye doesn't get bored. There's nothing that says you have the lead your fleet into battle.
I also think a feature that a "smart" feature might be good to. I.E. weapons won't fire if the target is out of range and if the target is out of range, missiles (not normal projectiles) self destruct, even if their target is still active.
This would be great because as your enemy got closer, level after level of weaponry would fire, without the need to pause the battle to check the "order dialogue" box or something.
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When viewing a Terrapin for the first time, I realized that anything flies-if you throw it hard enough!
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