Crazy idea thread.. Name something that you think totally rocks about PA

And now the FBI are watching you.

Can't decide on one, so, in no particular order,
soundtrack (don't usually pay attention to these in games with repetitive gameplay, but this one truly got me going, so great props!),
MASSIVE SCALE SPACE CONQUEST OMG,
the accessibility I was always lacking in TA and the fact that I think this is the first RTS ever I truly actually enjoy watching other people play.

Pretty sure that whatever issues there are right now, they are merely transient and as long as it stays true to the idea of varying macroscale strategic annihilation, there's future for it and I'm sure as hell looking forward to taking part in it.

Stabbing people in the back in 10player dynamic alliances.
Or getting stabbed in the back, its pretty funny either way.

I like the way the bots(in large groups) look like swarms of bugs.. a nuke is the can of Raid

love the improvements to planet smashes.. better graphics, and deformed planets after.. so sweet.

Art style and UI tech stack.

Jon Mavor.

Destruction on so many levels.. land, sea, air, and orbital..

can´t say it enough ... the scaleability of this game is just mindblowing

So much pretty. There are threads full of screen grabs that are wallpaper-worthy.

The Music and ProcedualMapDesign makes this game feeling beautiful and terrifying---> everything else addes awesomeness!

- The huge and nervous robots battles (never seen that nervous in any other RTS so far)
- The large number an possibly nearly unlimited number of commanders
- The chronocam which is just outstanding
- The client-server architecture (simulation centralized on a dedicated server)
- The game as a platform
- A game produced by an independant studio also able to drive its business through different other projects
- The "built to scale" over years
- The "built to be modded"
- The procedurally generated planets
- The PTE servers
- The never-ending patching/improving stuff provided by Uber
- A game with so much tech stuff that no other small dev team would have managed to code
- A game i've watched maturing from the very first lines of code
- A game i totally hated during alpha and i'm totally in love with since a few month
- A game i've paid 250$ and would do again if i had to.
- A kickstarted game which is REALLY coming out and matching the conceptual vision
exposed 2 years ago

The competitive scene. I LOVE it even though I'm really bad.

I love the superb lighting and realistic day night cycle of planets, this game can be truly beautiful and the graphics guys get double kudos from me!

I also (controversialy) love the star gates... Dropping one down on an enemy occupied planet and streaming through mechanized death is just spectacular to watch

Edit, also think the pip system is just marvellous!

Dox. Lots and lots of Dox. Like ants. But not Ants.

The flexibility of the UI with regards to modding.

An AI in a rts game that doesn't cheat* and doesn't suck b___. It may not be super excellent, but it's definitely one of the best in the rts genre.

*unless you really want it to

The art style and the amazing scenes in the game... like when you are zoomed out enough to see the orbiting moon of the focus planet and you see all the activity on both planets as they pass in front of the sun and everything lights all up on the dark sides.. explosions everywhere and then that epic commander explosion! Also everything all of you said!

The cool thing is it is only going to get better, there are still things on the roadmap for future releases.

the clever imagination of the devs