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I've put in a good 30 hours on FTL since I bought it. I haven't had so much fun in a Roguelike since Alphaman! Great work!

There's really only one thing that still seems awkward to me. That would be the interface for firing weapons and targeting. Especially once I need to use beam weapons in precise attacks, it seems to push me to use the pause button more than I would like.

I'd like to see it setup in this way.

Left-Click on Weapon icon:

• Fires the Weapon if charged and has a target selected.
• Powers and unpowers the weapon if it has no Target selected.

Right-Click on Weapon Icon:

• Enable/Disable targeting selection for that weapon. Targets don't reset after every shot as if it was on autofire.

Shift Left-Click on Weapon Icon

• Sets that specific weapon to auto-fire, and the button glows gold.

This would allow for pre-selecting targets. Then when weapons are charged, firing them in the order the player wishes, with only a left-click on each weapon. Not having to re-target the same area over and over again will also be a huge plus. I think this would make battles smoother, without the need for so many pauses.

Anyways, thanks for the great game!

Mm, yes. With most weapons it's fine to either leave them on autofire or quickly right-click to select/deselect firing. But that's not the case with beam weapons because they have so many targeting options. I love getting to exercise spatial planning and working out what routes will graze the corners of as many enemy systems as possible, but that does mean the routes need pixel-perfect planning; which is fine if you're only firing the beam once, or if you're leaving it on autofire... but if you're syncing up the beam to fire immediately after a burst weapon takes down the shields, say, then it's somewhat irritating re-drawing the route every time, when it usually takes several tries.

An improvement to autofire : Weapon Linking
Tie weapons together, and they fire at the same time (slowest cooldown in the set)