Higher level weapons for late game could definitely be fun, but ONLY if alien bases ramp in difficulty with it somehow. In the end this is a design/management game. The "end goal" is more of a red herring. people will play as long as there is an escalating threat of some kind... which comes from ...

Or you could just wait until you have repair drones flying around fixing crap and live with it in the early game where it doesn't matter as much. alternatively if it's THAT frustrating... i think a better fix would be an upgrade to the repair kit that can repair in an area making it less likely you ...

alternatively if it just did it how minecraft now does dragging. Wait until all items have been dragged over and the button released then split the stack completely evenly between everything dragged over. would be very nice.
+1 here.

It would be AWESOME if I could make a string or file or something out of my blueprint and post it on the forum or send it to a friend for import into their game. People LOVE coming up with cool compact or fast or whatever versions of their build, but the only way to try it yourself in game is to ...

I might do a short vid series of this sometime soon. I'm having quite a fun time. Woo!

Different maps could have different monsters, or the same maps have multiple kinds of monsters (or even non-hostile npcs)

Some monster ideas:
Human population/cities
1) Instead of destroying your buildings they bring them back to their city/home
2) Can use guns/gain in technology
3) Might be ...