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I have not played SE:V in a while like since the 1.30s something patch many months ago. I was wondering two things. First off yes in notes say AI is improved but the real question which the players can better answer how much? Does it seem a lot smarter and more of a challenge now? Also the other thing I was wondering what there was a bug as I recall by turning up time acceleration it didn't all PD to fire as often or something like that allowing missile weapons to be much more powerful then they should of been was this fixed?

There are times when I want to see how a ship fleet/fleet will rate against another hypothetical ship type/fleet yet I have to select 100+ at times to get an accurate result (and that gets boring very quickly).

It would be nice to type in the amount of a ship/drone/fighter/satellite instead of having to select each ship/drone/fighter/satellite one at a time.

A system similar to the construction/ menu (where you can select/type in the number of items then click on them to bring them to be constructed).

I have been reading the various posts about the games complication and cult like appeal. As many of you know this game can be very overwhelming to the new player and especially to someone with little 4X experience.

What I've done here is take CaptainKwok's BalanceMod and strip it down to what I would call the bare essentials. This version still maintains all the galactic feel, but with what I would call less complication. All the key ingredients of strategy and play are still here, but on a smaller scale.

I think this version will have some nice unforeseen advantages. I think the AI will do better with less to work with. Also, the games should play fast and efficiently.

I looked at other mods, but couldn't find where anyone already did this.

I read a post where a player was requesting a Monitor class ship and I really liked the idea. Basically, that is a ship that doesn't leave a system or in SEV's case it doesn't leave orbit. The Monitor ship is intended to defend planets and can take the fight to attackers versus weapon platforms being limited in range by just setting on the planets.

I tried to make an Engine that provides only combat movement and no sublight in system movement. I mirrored Afterburners as a basis for the design, but even with multiple System Drives I couldn't get the movement in combat past 2km even with the restrictions pulled. At least I think I had it pulled.

I've just seen this old game over on abandonia. Starflight! It was the first ever game I bought for the pc...it brings back happy memories...its a free download if anyone wants to step back in time.

http://www.abandonia.com/en/games/23478/Starflight.html

Hi all, I've been playing space empires since space empires II (I've still got my old disk and space empires II strategy guide around here somewhere). Anyway, I'm looking for some advice from some of the season players in the lot.

I have something of an odd dilemma...I need help playing the game. I understand all of the game mechanics I know HOW to play I just need help in the manner that I go about it. It basically boils down the fact that I'm a big time micromanager...I always name each individual ship I built; assign it to a fleet and I manage each major engagement very deliberately and carefully...to the point where it takes forever to resolve a medium-sized engagement.