posted 03-17-99 08:01 PM ET        

* ability to upgrade units outside of cities. The upgrade feature is good, but when outside home base is open to abuse - for instance building units with drop pods and then, once in position, upgrading them to a more powerful attacking option. Perhaps field upgrades should be an ability of the nano repair Secret Project - brining this project into line with similar ones, like the hunter seeker algorithm?

* Armour on ships: more or less a joke. Unlike Civ2, ships cannot defend against other ships. Perhaps a 'double hull' special ability could be added, giving ships *2 armour (cost +2)? This also allows them to act as a highly effective bombardment option, if you're enemy has focused on building aircraft only (i.e + 200% armour against aircraft + missiles = AEGIS effectiveness).