here is a simple one : make it so u can save your password when you log on to ICO.

why do i have to keep entering the password everytime i log in? its annoying..

sins is the best RTS ever! haha i love it..keep up the good work!

I was surprised when I first placed a gauss turret and it had a limited range - so I naturally assumed that it must orbit the planet to defend it - is this a possible enhancement for the underpowered tactical defense - have the turrets orbit the planet?

A button to turn on/off "return of dark armada" all at once.
I can't build the units I need when dark armada is constantly filling up the fleet capacity.
Like scout and Navigator to colonize the planet or more capital ships.

I've noticed that the gravity well doesn't just prevent jumping within it's area, but that ships will move back to the edge even if they're further out. I had a battle far out into the edge of the tactical grid, assuming this would mean a quick escape - on the contrary, they drove back towards the centre of the well and jumped out at the pretty blue line.

This doesn't make a lot of sense, and limits tactical options - particularly when there's a huge battle causing traffic jams. The outer area of the grid should be fine for jumping (assuming it's within the 45 degree arc on the corridors).

Second the "Chicken Little" request.

Yep space monsters, like the ones from Master of Orion, would be great. They could replace a pirate attack (either pirates or a space monster will attack).

I think the diplomacy system is great, but a player should start at 50 %.

If you want security on pirate stuff (god knows why, they're barely a threat) just drop heaps of money. Making the pirate raids a 'sure thing' and predicatble would be an absolutely TERRIBLE idea.

Just let me jump anywhere outside the gravity well dammit.

I'm afraid that with 550+ posts in this thread, any suggestions I make will get lost (or have already been mentioned). But, I'll give it a shot anyway.

For the single-player game, I feel the AI's biggest weakness so far is a complete lack of concern for protecting its planets. Not only does it not place many turrets, but any time I start hitting one of its fleets, it abandons the system. I understand the idea of not wanting to lose your whole fleet, but abandoning your HOMEWORLD? C'mon. Plus, this leads to the infamous "phase jump tag" syndrome. So, if y'all could do some AI tweaking to improve the importance the computer places on its planets, I think that would help a lot. Maybe get Brad Wardell to help out - after all, AI is his thing.

Good luck dealing with all these requests. Can't say I envy you guys. Look on the bright side - at least there's enough interest in the game to generate this much discussion.

Minimize the need for the initial land grab. Too often, the winner is decided very early in the game by who manages to snag the most resources up front. This gets tiresome.

maybe this idea will not be for this patch but new capital ships would be cool

Some additions that I think would be of great benefit:

* Galaxy Forge - starting positions can be set to either SET or RANDOM. Currently, there is no way to make these changes stick to set.

One of the following set:
a.) Remove Phase Jump Inhibitor, Add Phase Jump Multiplier - instead of slightly slowing down enemies in your zones, it would be more beneficial to speed up your own ships in your own phase lanes.
b.) Remove Phase Jump Inhibitor, Add Ion Cannon - instead of slightly slowing down enemies in your zone, fire an ion blast that disables them for a few seconds, drains their antimatter to reduce phase jumping capabilities. Have a huge recharge rate on this thing, as well as a "Required Target Level" button where you can tell it to fire on Scouts and higher, Light Frigate or higher only, Heavy frigate or higher only, or Capital Ships only so the shot doesn't get wasted on something small. Either that or "Select Biggest Incoming Target" if you have PSIDAR.

* Increase either rate of fire (by base or by tech) of the Gauss Cannon or add a smaller turret with a higher rate of fire, maybe a flak gun (good vs. light frigates and fighter/bomber, weak vs. high-shielded units, uses autocannon tech upgrades).

* Gauss cannon has 2 barrels, make them fire independently at half damage. It would speed up their reaction time to changing targets when an old target has been destroyed, slightly improving their effectiveness. (And would increase their hit/miss ratios slightly)

* Gauss cannons could use for slightly more range, perhaps 5-10%.

I may post a few more later, but this is really what comes to mind right when I think about it.

Whilst playing last night I thought some way to show what's been researched and to what level would be useful.

I seemed to spend ages trying to find what I had and hadn't researched and all this on top of running an empire getting attacked on different fronts.

On the win front I too found it a bit of an anticlimax maybe not for the next patch but some kind of stats stating how many wins most, damage caused etc or even a high score table. A great indie title "Depths Of Peril" has a info sheet which is really interesting and changes as the game is played this encourages to play again.