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[Wyvern]

Just to preface, none of this is in any way important.  Just potentially nifty.

1) When you're at the main screen, you'll occasionally have ships wander by and/or attack each other.  It'd be neat if there was, say, a high probability that the ship / variant you're currently looking at would show up next.

2) Weapons!  Currently they just sit there.  It might be neat to have them occasionally swivel and open fire on... something.  Maybe passing asteroids; maybe some invisible spot that's just off-screen...  For things that aren't multi-stage missiles, just having it shoot in a random direction (probably mostly up so it doesn't obscure any important text) might work well enough.

[Alex]

2) Weapons!  Currently they just sit there.  It might be neat to have them occasionally swivel and open fire on... something.  Maybe passing asteroids; maybe some invisible spot that's just off-screen...  For things that aren't multi-stage missiles, just having it shoot in a random direction (probably mostly up so it doesn't obscure any important text) might work well enough.

You mean somewhere in the Codex interface? I'm pretty unclear on just where you mean this would happen

[Zarcon]

You mean somewhere in the Codex interface? I'm pretty unclear on just where you mean this would happen

I'm fairly certain he means in the main screen after you log into the game and you see the ships moving past, he wants the guns on the ships to swivel and fire at stuff or offscreen, to make it more exciting and action packed at the menu before you head to the missions screen, if you are just sitting there for some reason, ha ha.   

Sorta kinda like SPAZ does at their menu screen I think, little battles are going on behind the menu buttons, etc, showcasing some of the possible action, ships and weapons before you even play.

[Alex]

I'm fairly certain he means in the main screen after you log into the game and you see the ships moving past, he wants the guns on the ships to swivel and fire at stuff or offscreen, to make it more exciting and action packed at the menu before you head to the missions screen, if you are just sitting there for some reason, ha ha.   

Ah. I actually like that as-is - it's all nice and serene.

... except for the occasional bursts of activity when there is some combat going on there. Since you may be reading mission descriptions or stuff in the Codex while at that screen, too much action could get distracting/annoying. Besides, it sets the tone for the whole game, and I think what's there now is more appropriate than non-stop action. Not that you were suggesting precisely that

[Zarcon]

Roger on that. 

[Wyvern]

[You mean somewhere in the Codex interface? I'm pretty unclear on just where you mean this would happen

Sorry, yes, I meant the Codex interface.  Didn't have the game in front of me when I posted that, so I didn't have the right name for what I was talking about.

So, say, if I call up the onslaught in the Codex, the next ship to cruise serenely past is likely to be that Onslaught.

And if I call up the Plasma Cannon in the Codex, I can see that it functions by charging up and then shooting this neat glowy purple ball.

[Alex]

Thanks for clearing that up. Hmm. I'll just say that that UI will likely get reworked at some point It does convey all the important info but I'm not quite happy with how it's laid out.