What I want to see

[Drayk]

Thanks for letting me post my thoughts. Transcendence rocks!

What I like about RC4:
arena upgrade
wingman can get armor repairs
Great upgrade to St. Kat's and Heretic systems
icons for damage types
more fun to play through
new weapon enhancers
great new weapons
Heretic system reminiscent of Freespace 2 (one of my faves) final level

What I like less :
turn speed reduction when ship is weighed down
AI ships docking to wreckage and stealing my spoils of victory before I get there is frustrating
It's very easy to accidentally hit friendly ships
shooting from edge of planet/moon makes it too easy to destroy some enemy bases
shockwave from enemy base destruction is too powerful and keeps killing my wingmen
autons are helpful in the beginning but even the best autons suck in later systems
too many auton dealers
too many clavius insurance conglomerates
wingmen can't come close to handling themselves in later star systems
limited duration of blue/green etherium crystals
blue etherium crystals are too rare sometimes (only found 2 in playthrough 1 and 2. But I found 10 in 3rd playthough)
Using blue/green etherium crystal permanently wipes out other enhancements -- can this be made temporary?
too much screen flashing when armor is taking damage
unidentified devices
Sung Citadels seemingly IMPOSSIBLE to take on without particle resistant armor
ventari - VERY DIFFICULT to destroy their base & ventari destroyer without taking equipment damage
iocrym veil should protect more against particle and ion damage
rasiermesser research lab station can't defend itself against most threats

Things I would like to see:
1. widescreen support
2. ability to customize your wingman's ship
3. option to remap keys, or switch to different key configurations. My right hand is cramping.
4. quantity of item already in cargo hold when purchasing or looting
5. ability to match speed/heading of target ship (form up on their wing -- i.e. for escort missions)
6. option to pay someone to identify unknown items in your cargo hold
7. tinkers in later star systems
8. how many rin I have in the ship screen
9. option to order wingman to protect a target

Thanks for the great game

[Bobby]

2 and 9 are available in the UGWingmen mod on Xelerus (2.x version under ships, friendly).

3 can be done outside Transcendence with things like autohotkey, autoit, etc, but can mess up controls.

7, I got a tinker in Jiangs star this time in rc5, but sung slavers just after rigel, I'm still hoping for another trading post.

[Blitz]

What I like less :
too many auton dealers
too many clavius insurance conglomerates
Sung Citadels seemingly IMPOSSIBLE to take on without particle resistant armor
ventari - VERY DIFFICULT to destroy their base & ventari destroyer without taking equipment damage
limited duration of blue/green etherium crystals
blue etherium crystals are too rare sometimes

The first two is just luck. Every playthrough is different. That's part of the game. It's possible to not have even 1.

Sung Citadel's might seem very hard when you first encounter them but become the least of your concerns later on.
The Ventari appear very late in the game and at this point, the game is supposed to be difficult.
The Blue/green etheriumm crystals are quite overpowered as it is - and this promotes you to use them sparingly. Sure, it makes the player's life hard but no game is fun if there's a god item with which you can rule the game.

Transcendence also makes it so that you can't be strong against all the enemies at once..you have to pick and choose and balance.