Some challenges are ludicrously large, and tempt me to use more homogeneous fleets simply as a way to avoid creating the same formation, complete with orders, from scratch, ten times.
Could we have a clipboard?
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would be enough to make the saveable deployments a global (race-specific global) thing
and i think that this stuff alone is taking the very most time of my gameplay from the whole game… if i could cut down on this i could spend more time watching the dakka
I know what you mean. 
Anything which can helpfully reduce the time lost to logistical overhead is a Very Good Idea. I don’t mind placing my units and giving orders; I do mind feeling like a 3rd-class Supply Clerk.
Time spent in not watching dakka is time wasted. 
If deployments could be loaded for wrong maps, that would be awesome.
In accordance with the “Moar pewpew, less QQ” principals of GSB, I support this idea.