I listened to an interview on the Explorminate podcast with Brad Wardell, who I think is the chief designer of the game. He made it clear he's adamantly against including tactical combat. He had some principled reason why he doesn't think it would work, though I no longer recall what it was. I'd like to see tactical combat as well, but it sounds
I don't know with any certainty why Stardock chose to go with Epic. I prefer the cleaner, easier interface of Steam myself, but I honestly don't understand why people get so worked up about this unimportant issue. Wanting to support a new game by a reliable developer in a franchise I love is far more important to me than the platform on which it's housed. Maybe Stardock received money form Epic for going exclusive. If so, great. Anything that helps them get the game ready faster is okay in my
