Innovating Command and Control - Area Commands (PATROL) [Suggestion]

So I was thinking the other day that there could be a really easy way to innovate the existing method of area commands, particularly Patrol commands as some patrol methods are better than others depending on what you are trying to achieve.

With that in mind I believe I have come up with a system that reduces the need for excessive clicks when creating patrols, especially for aircraft patrols.

Might I direct your attention to the diagram below:



We can all recognise the view of a planet by now in this game, no matter how zoomed in, or out, you are, there is always a central line of the view to which is left (west) or right (east). The red line in the centre denotes the central line of longitude relative to ANY view be it from the north pole, or from the equator.

Now, to the nitty gritty and application.
I remember being in a conversation recently where we talked about which way we drag off-centre when we create area or planet-wide patrols. I thought that this could be a good point for innovation and customisation.

Depicted above is best suited for using ground AA vs Fighter Aircraft. It is not often you want to have a line patrol on the floor unless it is between 2 or 3 points at most, and I've seen that repeat building ground AA is great to cover your base with it if you area-patrol because the units just 'mingle' in and around your buildings in your base (BEST DONE WITH STINGER). This sort of scenario is when you would drag off to the left in the diagram.

However, should you be wanting a more consistent patrol around your base without having to click several times to place waypoints (typically approximately 5 or more for a good aircraft patrol), you could therefore drag off to the right at which point the outline of the area command would become dashed symbolising that the patrol would be carried out about the circumference of the patrol. Of course the shape of your base would influence whether you would rather use a CIRCULAR area patrol or a custom way-point patrol giving access to irregular shapes and patterns.

Of course when you drag off the edge of the planet the area patrol would retain the current format for planet wide patrols regardless of which side you dragged to.

Another cool thing about this, if the feature could be worked in at all, is that; if built in a particular way, it could be customisable to the point that the relative line boundary in the centre could be rotated in case a player would rather a horizontal divide or a vertical divide.

Your thoughts?

(A similar principle might be possible to work into area building e.g. line or equal spacing within an area for example).

Modifier keys are one way of doing things, but then you may as well just plot your own waypoints. What I'm trying to do is reduce redundant key-presses