I really like the RTS direction being that i am a huge fan of RTS style games.I like the idea of being more of an avatar and leading a small (or large) army of robots. In much the same way as Supreme Commander you should build not only have to build turrets to guard against waves of aliens but also ...

I find that the blue science packs are way too costly. I will have a dozen or so labs and I can research a tech requiring only red and green science packs. I can sustain research indefinitely with only 2-3 iron furnaces and 1-2 copper furnaces. Blue science packs require everything under the sun to ...