Goldenlock

Hi All First post, but I have enjoyed the game for a while. On a basic note, I really enjoy the changes to the planes, which makes air-combat more of a challenge. However, I do find that in some cases the difficulty is not always making the games more enjoyable. A few examples: - The target UFO always goes for the top plane. This makes combat with 2 on 1 somewhat boring, as you can always fly away with one plane and place the other behind the UFO. Combat is in this case simply static. - UFO's seem to come in bursts, which makes sense that the military is not drip-feeding their planes to you. However, since the hitting power of missiles and their number is few combined with the condors underwhelmingly short range, it is often difficult to do multiple sorties. I still can't get my head around a 12h refueling time for a plane in dire circumstances where you might forego a full inspection of the plane. Perhaps introducing a 5-10% damage penalty to a plane if it was launched within 12h, but have fuel and ammo within 1? It would also allow the use of condors for reconnaissance, which I find is too costly due to fuel limitations. Another item I found was a changed pace of the escalation. The number of encountered UFO's still vary wildly I think. Secondly, the escalations are too discrete, i.e. first month is only light scouts, where from 1st of second month, I get 3x fighters and the heavier variant of the scout. I would like to see a smoother escalation, which would also allow a player to prepare for heavier fights. I like that combat troops are getting slightly upped. Only thing about ground combat is that I find close-range shooting missing more often than the % is giving me ground to believe. The result is that I find it easier to use Stun Weapons on aliens inside the UFO, as shooting them takes too long and is too high a risk due to friendly fire. This is all feedback for now. Overall the effort done to balance is moving in the right direction with lots of challenge! Cheers