[quote who="DethAdder" reply="5" id="2782159"]If you haven't yet, you could also check Sword of the Stars. It's another sci-fi 4x TBS. I believe the devs even said they had designed it with MP in mind, streamlining it somewhat for that purpose. It's available on Impulse as well. [/quote] This is true and a game that should be in every gamer who loves the genres collection. Absolutely great multiplayer and single player as well. AI Wars was also designed for co-op mult
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I was looking for something while EWOM gets sorted out ... Space 4x RTS is my fav genre and I've played them all including Beta on recently Star Rulers. I agree that DW is a fantastic game. It's currently sucking up my primary gaming time and will continue to do for some time methinks. You really can't compare it to combat focused games like SOTS or AI Wars, both awsome games in their niche. DW is more about building a viable empire that feels real and alive. 
There is more going on here to be sure. As you noted distant waypoints for fleets don't seem to work but you can set close waypoints within their remaining moves. I also noted that by disbanding fleets and recreating them will in most cases yeild many more moves. After you try to move to a distant waypoint....which does not work... if you disband the fleet and recreate it you get additional movement points. I will pay closer attention to the specific circumstances but flee