Just started playing the game for a few hours and man is this game addictive lol. The time just flew by. I think this might be one of the most fun games I've played, even though I'm starting to get used to it. Stardock and Ironclad did a great job, like always.
Some suggestions though from things I noticed:
1. I think the tutorials should talk about slots more and let the players know they have to upgrade in order to build more and more space structures. I started playing the game and it took me a little while to see that I had to upgrade in order to build more hangers or cannons.
2. I think you should be able to click on a research tab even if you don't have the money so you don't have to keep going back over and over. You should be able to queue up orders and have them stop once the resources allow you too.
3. It would be nice to see fighters and bombers get build inside capital ships and deploy as a squadron instead of getting built one by one outside it.
4. One last thing that would be nice, is if when you click on a planet, it automatically opened the drop down menu on the side so you can see all the ships and stations there without having to manually take time to open the tab.