CapShip Management

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Hey everyone - I posted a very general (a little too general) post earlier today, so I'm gonna break some of my ideas down into better categories - this one relates to CapShip Management

1) When a CapShip increases level, an icon to the right of the screen would be nice so you don't have to hunt down the ship to pick new abilities. The ship's name and general ship icon would be nice, and all you would have to do is click the icon, and then the ship is "selected" so you can spend exp points without moving all over the place. I was recently involved in three separate battles at one time, and every 30 seconds another CapShip would increase its level, and it was a pain to hunt down each one every time.
2) It would also be nice to have something that organizes what military ships were currently in phase jump - there were a couple of instances where I was doing a couple things at once, and forgot where my ships were headed through phase space, and I had to wait for their arrival before I could re-situate myself.
3) In the empire tree, it would be nice if there was a designated blip for capships, instead of just colored blips to indicate the amount of ships. Maybe slightly different sized blips for frigates, cruisers and capships - this would help give a better idea of force strength based on ship types...

Just some preliminary thoughts - any comments are more than welcomed!
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Reply #1 from Sins Forums Top
1 - it be nice to get a news report of ships awaiting upgrade if its not turned on to automatic...

2 - if you mouse over a ship in phase space I think it shows a blue line as to where it is headed.

3 - just expand the pips , it shows you all the ships individually then.
Reply #2 from Sins Forums Top
bigger blips for capships would be a good idea anyway, I think.

Ships that have unused command or ability points will have a white + icon on them if you expand their fleet/planet's tree on the empire list.
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Reply #3 from Sins Forums Top

Ships that have unused command or ability points will have a white + icon on them if you expand their fleet/planet's tree on the empire list.


never saw that, as I am usually in PIP mode all the time, thanks!
Reply #4 from Sins Forums Top
Lordkosc - for comment 2: my only problem is not knowing between which planets my ships are (in phase space) to even scroll over to find them.


The only problem with your second comment Deadly is that you have to go through all of your planets in the tree to find those ships - it would be nice just for a quick portrait somewhere that pops up so you can quickly choose the new ability without going through the entire empire tree, unless some sort of prompt is introduced into the empire tree to let you know where upgradeable ships are without scrolling through everything (maybe a blinking blip?)
Reply #5 from Sins Forums Top
hmmm how many ships are you moving around

I usually make the fleet before moving ships anywhere, that way I just have to look at the fleet numbers and see where they are...

Would love to hear more ideas on this!
Reply #6 from Sins Forums Top
1) When a CapShip increases level, an icon to the right of the screen would be nice so you don't have to hunt down the ship to pick new abilities. The ship's name and general ship icon would be nice, and all you would have to do is click the icon, and then the ship is "selected" so you can spend exp points without moving all over the place. I was recently involved in three separate battles at one time, and every 30 seconds another CapShip would increase its level, and it was a pain to hunt down each one every time.


Or put it in the new event notification box
Reply #7 from Sins Forums Top
That would definitely work Kryo - just as long as clicking the notification didn't change my view to that ship - but that it would bring up its ability management to pick upgrades - so you can get right back into the action without jumping between ship locations!
Reply #8 from Sins Forums Top
Ships that have unused command or ability points will have a white + icon on them if you expand their fleet/planet's tree on the empire list.


you cannot expand the fleet at the star where in lies pirates and lvling up for caps.




also on a side note has anyone but me noticed that the quote button is broken.

ie i hit the quote button and the (quote)s go around what i want to quote but the stay in that post they do not come down to the reply so then i have copy and paste it in
Reply #9 from Sins Forums Top
hmm quote works for me....


also on a side note has anyone but me noticed that the quote button is broken.

ie i hit the quote button and the (quote)s go around what i want to quote but the stay in that post they do not come down to the reply so then i have copy and paste it in


Reply #10 from Sins Forums Top
Another CapShip management idea:

In a situation where one CapShip is defending three adjacent nodes, I would like to be able to set which nodes the CapShip is responsible for defending, so CapShips automatically move to defend pre-selected nodes under attack. Maybe even specify defensive parameters based on enemy force size, territory priority, and a return location for the CapShip.

This way if you are in another star system while on a raid and a territory near your home planet is under attack (for example), then the CapShip would have its defensive orders already set up, and instead of manually ordering your CapShip to move to the adjacent territory to defend a node, it would do so automatically - this so you can continue to watch in awe as as your dreadnoughts bombard an enemy planet while only having to periodically check on defensive operations!
Reply #11 from Sins Forums Top
Ships that have unused command or ability points will have a white + icon on them if you expand their fleet/planet's tree on the empire list.


you cannot expand the fleet at the star where in lies pirates and lvling up for caps.




also on a side note has anyone but me noticed that the quote button is broken.


ie i hit the quote button and the (quote)s go around what i want to quote but the stay in that post they do not come down to the reply so then i have copy and paste it in

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the above is an example of what i am talking about the stuff in the quotes was supposed end up in the reply box and it didn't and the quote marks went around it in the box that i was trying to quote
Reply #12 from Sins Forums Top
I really like this idea of auto defense. It would be neat to have an option screen come up for a fleet that allowed you to select a defensive area that it would automatically patrol and if trouble broke out it would quickly rush to the area.