In one of my better games, i was the supreme overlord of the galaxy but when i started conquering worlds
I saw the closes battles and then skiped em

cause the only thing that changes when you get the shoc troops or the space marines
are the little numbers in the screen that tells you if youre going to win so Why look the battle

In the game shoulb be a grafical change when you have better techs in soldiering
i mean the space marines should add damage to the sb or if you have planetary bombardment, some beams from the sky make the effect, the shock troops at least with beams of different color

and of curse the mechs, every space age games shold have some mechs and a mech tech tree