I loved gal civ 1, but teh combat was always unsatisfying. Additionally, it always seemed a miltary strategy was an all or nothing thing early one. Usually I would simply hold tight till the end and tech up , then switch to military campaign once I had better ships.

Now however, simple ships are effective, combat plays out much better and is far more intruiging. I also like the fact that the customiziablity of the ships gives so much control over how your empire expands martially.

Kudos for making combat such a pleasure this time around.