Can we have formations in the expansion? Pretty please?
Even if its just something simple, such as a sort of rectangle formation with the lowest-range ships in the front in a reasonable thick line, with the higher ranged ships behind (resulting in cruisers in the very back, very nice
)
I just had a moment where my fleet was randomly happening to fly in a square formation, and i started thinking about this
The main reason, although the above example would be great for combat tactics, would be to make it a bit easier to set up defensive (or offensive!) lines with your fleet, or simply just to have a more sensible way of forming the fleet while building / repairing etc.
Sort of like this;
--------------- Infantry (in our future-case, fighters and other low-range fast ships)
-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.- Cavalry (in the future cavalry are cruisers etc! also starships packed in the middle here, for maximum support coverage)
-_-_-_-_-_-_- Artillery (sniper ships, long range bombers, possibly cruisers here instead)
The current default sphere formation is a bit cumbersome and doesnt really help the effectiveness of your fleet
(especially since starships are often randomly distributed among the edges, and bombers who should be protected in the center, are also randomly scattered).
Anyone agrees?
EDIT: clarification, i dont mean when ships are moving, just the final rally point each ships gets when you right click somewhere. Not any changes in how they move etc, just the end formation when they stand still.
