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[quote who="chuck1es" reply="34" id="3407981"] It won't matter what you've researched nor how you've researched. It'll only matter how _many_ ships you have. I just can't stand that kind of thoughtlessness in competitive endeavors.[/quote] I can't stand that kind of thoughtlessness in the campaign itself and it's exactly what will happen if there is no tactical combat or at least like Gratuitous Space Battles setup.

Actually, a system like Gratuitous Space Battles would be a nice thing to have barring the absence of full tactical combat, even there in later patch a degree of direct control was added. [video]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OeNXLc5L9lw[/video] Imagine that with better graphics, animations and 3D models. And in the preparation screen you would set the conditions for using special abilities.

[quote who="NorsemanViking" reply="27" id="3407752"] Those games are more RPG and Tactic-games then they are strategy. Galactic Civilizations has always been all about Strategy. [/quote] Age of Wonders series has also been about strategy, that never stopped it from having tactical combat, even more so in Age of Wonders 3. Not having tactical combat in GalCiv 3 would be a terrible idea, it would feel outdated and impoverished. [vide

I think GalCiv2 concept of being a passive observer instead of having tactical combat like in MMH6 is completely outdated and would hurt the game.

So what does that have to do with anything if an option to do auto-battle exists? People who want every battle(if the animations and graphics are good enough to be constantly enjoyable) can have them and people who don't want any battle can have them, problem solved.

[quote who="john97838" reply="8" id="3407553"] I think anything that would take longer than 1 minute to complete, would be a huge time sink. [/quote] Doesn't pretty much any turn based game have auto-battle option where you don't even enter combat screen. I loathe people like you who use such option but still, you can escape from actually playing the game.