If the target moves out of range you should have to click it for a new command. So no autoattack, no autofollow, no auto special abilities. There should not be anything automatically. If they add a button 'follow ships' then the small fragile ships will stay behind the heavy armoured ships.ДЄ second button for heavy shipsВ to stay flank left or flank right of another group. (they are also OP in simulation as PD isn't accounted for at all as far as i can tell)ДЄs I mentioned elsewhere I think the tactial combat doesen't need a lot of changes to get really good. i am fine with missiles packing a huge punch but they should be much easier to take down. I think ship health and shields should pretty much get a 300% buff so combat lasts longer, PD weapons need to be reworked so they fire at more than just 1 missile (seriously my titan has 6 batteries of 15 PD masdrivers and you shoot down 1 missle!?!?!?!) and ecm needs a buff.

Personally i think the tactical combat is a bit of a let down too, (then again i was born after the Moo2 days and have only played gal civ (no combat at all just a cinematic simulation) Stardrive 1 (amazing realtime 4x) and stardrive 2 (basically this game without warp lanes and better ship customization)) All i can say is that i totally agree with what is being sayd - real time combat in otherwise turn based game just throws a wrench into is uniformity - and MOO is the turn based game foremost, meaning that players that HATE real time strategies are forced into something they hate and why they are playing the turn based game in the first place.

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