can we have abilities that throw the enemies fleet 5 phase jumps away from there current location, or throw them to the next star system, like in star trek. That would be one annoying super weapon to have.

Phase lane traps. Like a little fleet waiting in the middle of a phase lane.

And some kind of unit that prevents phase jumps until destroyed (Interdictor cruiser for Star Wars anyone?)

And some kind of ion cannon inside the planet that can fire at capital ships and nuke frigates.

And for sure, a campaign mode for every race. (Itching to play the Advent campaign).

Hardpoints on capital ships and cruisers. (We all want to take out their engines first then the shields)

What id like to see is when your in lobby. Choose to not see all players that are ingame. not to see all the players going in and out of chat rooms. And when scrolling the players in lobby bar for it not to be interrupted by players entering the lobby.

Porbably more suitable for a patch than expansion but we'll see.

I would love to see more ships, like variety. More structures, and more varied worlds. Also, would LOVE to see random events as an option. Bigger ships too. A super-capital ship class. Maybe a slightly higher level cap, like to 11 or 12, and add an ability you get at the end, that is very strong.
Make the sides just a little more different. Give the Advent a super battleship, the TEC mobile factories, the Vasari an agile destroyer than is awesome at dodging, and uses a cloaking field or something to that extent.
More things to find on planets is one of the biggest though, I think it really needs more randomness.
The ability to build small outposts in astroid fields would be nice too, to offer a very small defence (like two laser cannons on the outpost and one squadren).
Maybe have suns have different effects on things as well. Very small, but there. like 2-4% gains or losses.
Offer more color selections, or a design style for your race. So we all don't look so similar.
Just some thoughts, love the game though.

Oh, also, patrol command, just looks nice.

I'll pass on 3d movement.

More TEC ships that aren't retrofitted trade vessels. I like where the development was going with the Kol-class Battleship, and would like to seem ore ships in that style. Might I also suggest more pronounced missile contrails, and more noticeable detonations along the hulls of ships where weapons fire impacts? The game was going for a Babylon 5 feel, so let's complete the package.

1.Single player campaign.

2.boarding actions.

3.pirates try to capture valuable ships(such as capital ships) and Auction them off.

4.some sort of "empire points"-players can earn more points by expand thier empire(maybe based on total population).and can spend them on something like megacapship,fleetcapstructure etc etc....
,big empires should have significant advantages now.

5.megacapship that futher increase the differences between races and provide support to fleet,for example:
TEC:a mobile fortress can build small ships and funtion like a commandcenter(hit chance,damage etc...)
Advent:spread culture everywhere(dont forget shield mitigation),nasty psi buff and big hanger.
Vasari:a phase stabilizer that can move,also can instill fear upon the enemy and damp thier culture.

6.more unique smallships.

7.ability to raise militia(cant phasejump): player can raise more "stages"(same as infrastructure) of militia depend on population of the planet,and need upkeep(so no turtle),for emergency situations only.

8.moons around the planet:though most moons are just small astroids,a moon has the quaility of the lunar would be very rare,but provide both big tatical and logistic adventages(even can be colonized).

9.gasgiant usually has many moons around them,essentially make them important strategy point.

10.even more easy to use empire tree.

11.winning conditions,so a game wont take too long.

12.maybe new unique races(think Dawn of War).

13.balanced superweapons and end-game tech.

14.Kamikaze,fireship,boarding parties,mind controls, add chaos to the battle.

15.enchanced diplomacy.

16.more anomalies,space isnt that quiet.

17.minor races?

hope this useful...

The ability to look at the battle from a capital ship's bridge

One more... sub factions..

A faction for every avatar

This is an incredibly awesome idea. Rich civilian planets you need to protect instead of occupy. You get paid to protect them. Thumbs up.

As for me, I'd like to see another race, a single player campaign and more win options for multiplayer gameplay.

1. Better graphics, better models, moving turrets, biggr planets.

2. Real diplomacy, random pirate attacks (not timed).

3. More unique races...I dont care what you say, I shouldnt have to get a microscope to tell the difference in races. Just naming something different doesnt make it unique.

4. A little bit more lore. I still have NO idea what Sins someone commited, or anything about Solar energy etc. This would be nice.

Just my 2c.

I'd like to see that kamakazi thing someone mentioned. Like your cap ship is taking severe damage, but instead of just blowing up randomly when it's hitpoints hit 0. It'd be nice to use the last bit of power to make it head towards the enemies cap and ram it, bringing it down with you. Or something.

This game's space combat reminds me of a mixture of BSG and Babylon 5, and in both of those the giant cap ships kamakazi'd other caps before dieing. I'd like to be able to do that, especially in multiplayer. What could be more fun then 'YOU WANNA KILL ME!? FINE! BUT I'M TAKING YOU DOWN WITH ME!' and taking his lvl 10 cap down with yours lol.

I also agree with the random space anomaly idea. I've been watching Star Trek lately and they just do so many things, nebula's, odd forms of space, 'storms'. Just a lot of variety would be nice.

I'd also like a move 'open' game. Like, instead of limiting ships to gravity wells, let them fly at sublight along the phase lanes. Like make a somewhat wide 'gravity well' around all phase lanes and make phase jumps manual. So I can drop my fleet out of phase half-way down the lane and setup ambushes or simply take a breather while retreating or something.

That idea would also go good with a sort of interdictor unit. Plop your fleet in the middle of a phase lane with an interdictor unit and yank incoming fleets into normal space before they reach your planet. Would also be good if trade lanes were more important.

And on the trade lane subject, I'd like to see such things have a larger impact in this game. If I go and disrupt an empires trade, I want to see noticble affects. I'm sick of having the only way to win is by amassing huge fleets and overpowering your enemies. I'd like to see more options regarding economy and culture, and tactics. Instigate rebellions on your enemies worlds and have them join your cause through culture, or buy out your enemies manufacturers with your superior economy so everything costs much more for them and whatnot.

Simply more ways to win would be my biggest thing for an expansion, since that's the main reason I don't play online anymore. It just isn't fun where you HAVE to win through military might.

I'd like to see another faction and uber class ships. The other faction will probably be whatever is chasing the Vasari.