Awaras
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Yes, but this should still be a decision of the player. If I want to send troop carriers that will run out of fuel the second they drop troops then I should be able to. [...]
And if I misjudge and my troop carrier arrives dry and helpless, then it was still my decision to make that gamble and I'm prepared to pay for it (the crew's lives, hurr, hurr). I agree with Awaras and Yarasala that I'd often like to override the AI precautions regarding refueling (and repairs, too).
Otoh, the moment these demands are fulfilled, others will complain that the AI doesn't see after the fuel needs of manually controlled ships. I think you cannot satisfy everyone.
This behavior has been present in all version of Legends that I have played, btw. It isn't new in 1.7.0.10, for all I know. I mostly experienced it with exploration ships, though. I usually have a few of those under tight manual control, because auto-exploration falls extremely short of what you can do manually ;)
I wouldn't call it a bug at all. The game is just a bit lacking in flexibility of manual control.
All it would need to solve this is to add a delay of some amount of game time (1 day, 1 week...) after a ship is given a manual order in which no automatic orders can be given to that ship. If a ship needs to refuel after the player has not given it any orders for a week, THEN it can go refuel itself. Nothing is more frustrating then trying to command a fleet and have your orders ignored after two seconds just because the captains saw a shiny bauble over that way...
< Message edited by Awaras -- 2/6/2012 9:51:04 AM >
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1.7.0.10 Refuel takes precedence over manual commands? - 
(and as far as I remember that was not so before). Manual orders should always have the highest priority, although a warning in such a case would be in order (if it would be a combat ship or fleet that should attack a space port or such, then arriving there with nearly no fuel would not make much sense - although the player should be able to issue such an order all the same).
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