*Sigh* This discussion again.

From the Fighters/Drones, Command modules and carriers thread, reply 38:

From the I am worried about what they said about space battles in the interview thread, reply 30:

From Galactic Civilizations 3 Community Interview with SpaceSector:

Ray: We have a new combat system that we are planning for after the alpha. But we don’t want to mislead people – Galactic Civilizations isn’t about fighting long tactical battles. You are controlling a civilization that spans the galaxy and your focus is on producing and placing your fleets, not in giving every order in a battle. We want to keep players engaged at the empire level and fighting for planets and systems, not in ship to ship combat.

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Now now. It's. Not all never and not. There will be rate of fire, accuracy, evasion, speed, ship roles, and you can make your own custom ships and there's great stuff I'm forgetting to. So it's not RTS but it's probably going to look pretty good, if not mirroring what it would look like. And there many other aspects that galciv is the best at. So hang around the forums read some funny articles and have fun talking to new people.

DARCA

For those who really like tactical battles there is Sins of a solar empire and Sword of the Stars.

What I did not like "much" about Endless space Card system is the large part of it that is based on luck or randomness initially, Until one of your opponent becomes predictable to the point where you can use the same strategy against them over and over and it works every time.

Ex: You use a fleet with mostly long range lasers. Opponent uses a card to boost Shields to counter your lasers. You know he will use this card so you take a card that counters it. It is super effective.

Repeat every next battles with this opponent.

The system might be more interesting in PvP but against the AI i think It got pretty bland rather quickly.

I am eager to see what StarDock are cooking for us regarding the battle system in GalCiv III

Who are you people? I didn't know you all were such pessimist. And I bet your favorite color is gray. I tell Silveressa this is still a good game, and to keep her head up. And you three tell Silveressa the sun will burn her eyes. What?

Not directly, but you all told Silveressa to play a different game either SoaSE or Endless Space which was already mentioned in the OP. when a potentially awesome existing new mysterious epic combat system is coming why would you tell her to not wait for this? I want a TBS RTS game set in space and has everything I want perfectly executed. But it doesn't exist. Sure Sillveressa wanted RTC and at the least cards like in ES. But there's going to be something even better HERE. Actually I shouldn't be surprised. If you take one word from each of your names you end up with Evil monster admiral. Lol

DARCA

I think this is the greatest space game ever, but not because of combat. The combat sounds like it will be similar to endless space. Endless space is another game I wouldn't recommend unless empire building, and researching is the main reason you play these games.