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Emperor's Child said:
I would really like to see in SEV the ships go where the little lines showing their path says they are going. I've noticed on many occasions that ships go by different routes over long distances, usually due to some warp point that has a tagged minefield or something similar in their displayed route.

Recently in a game my assault fleet was on my side of a warp point, the order was given to jump into the enemy system and take a planet, and the next turn I find they had gone the OPPOSITE direction back into my own sector. The opposite side of the warp point has a minefield, so the fleet I'm sure was taking a path around it. The problem is that the course I thought they were taking was displayed as going through the warp point when in fact the computer was taking them around another route. In fact, when I clicked on the battlegroup, their laid out course still showed them going back to the warp point and going through even though all the ships were moving directly away from that particular warp point.

Anyhow, this display of the intended track but going another route when the turn is processed is annoying and counter-intuitive. I'd REALLY like to see this fixed in SEV.

You can uncheck the standard "Ships should not enter minefields" <paraphrased> and "Ships should not avoid restricted systems" radio buttons in the Empire Options screen. I also keep all the "Ships should clear orders **" crap turned off too. Micromanagement is my reason to wake up in the morning

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