EmperorKirk
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So watched the stream loved it, especially the space combat( dogfights between fighters and bombers sexy) looked great but I do have a few questions.
When I was reading about the new stuff and what was changed from DW1 it said that components do get damaged but not destroyed , does that mean you can no longer cripple ships by taking out their engines so they can't move, taking out weapons so they stop shooting, or take out their shield generators? Thats one thing I love in DW1 is that components can get destroyed makes the ship feel like ships and not metal with health bars. Also made the repair bots really useful mid to late game! This is a related thing, there is still visible damage to ships right? It was a bit simplistic in DW1 but it was so cool that even fighters had visible damage when getting hit, so hope in DW2 if a ship takes a torpedo to its stern there will be damage there, it's probably already in the game but it was hard to tell in the stream.
Second question will there be stat pages in Distant Worlds 2? As in a page where it says how many ships I have destroyed, build, how many planets have I conquered, how many troops I have killed, how many have I lost, and so on and so on. Stats like that where in DW1 but you had to awkwardly look at other races win conditions to see how many troops the humans killed vs one of the insect races for example. Or if I was playing the Teekans I really wanted to know how many enemy ships I had destroyed but I had to look at the humans to be able to tell, but it only showed me if I had destroyed most. I love stats and I would like if they were available to all races at all times.
Third question there was a lot of extra cool empire and flag colors when picking pirate empire vs normal empire colors like black, grey, dark green, white and so on, could those colors be available to normal empires as well in Distant Worlds 2 so I can make a better flag, say I make the Terran Empire as the humans with a black flag with a red emblem in the middle and dark red map color as an example. So, will there be more color and flag options in Distant Worlds 2?
This last thing is not really a question but I do have some concerns about the UI( I know it's not finished) it looks a bit dull( maybe UI color could change based on what colors you pick for your empire) and, in your face. Now this does not bother me too much, I will buy the game anyways but the reason I bring it up is because UI is so important when it comes to new players and getting them into the game. I bought DW1 to a few of my friends when it was on sale on steam because I really wanted them to experience all the great things about DW1, and they simply could not get into the game because of the UI, and I can't blame them when I first played DW1 I also found the UI very daunting. Now since I played it a lot, I got used to it did find the UI very functional if ugly as sin, like it's very easy to set up colonial defense fleets and manage your ships and troops. But the UI was a deal breaker for a lot of new players and that saddens me, and I know you guys are very aware of this but wanted to mention it anyways.
Again, I want to stress I did very much enjoy the stream, and I think the king of 4x is back to take back its rightful throne!
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A few questions and a concern - 
Especially when some of the UI looks so great and updated - It just needs an updated overall theme to go with it. 
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