[rdouglass]

1. Save mid-turn games.

2. AI's that don't forget about you after you've closed a warp point for 1 turn!

3. A 'programmatical' combat system and rules: IF...THEN...ELSE, CASE, etc. similar to VisualBasic or something like it)

4. Don't sacrifice any current gameplay for 'eye candy'. Graphics are nice, but most of us don't play this game primarily for graphics...

Lot's more, but these are my 'biggies'...