I hope the hard and expert modes for the other battles are coming soon, as I have won all battles and researched all tech.
I only used dreadnaughts of one design (- with some refinement over time.)
I still get crashes during battles, which I try to workaround by setting the camera to empty space… - which seems to work more often than not - so the bugs seem not to be in the battle-code, but in the graphics.
P.S.: I got used to how the modules look and how the hull / armour / shield bars / circles are displayed. (I posted some stuff in the comments section of your blog about not liking these things after I had played the game for less than 30 min. I’m over that now. Just so you know. The only thing I wish, aside from watching the battles without crashing, is being able to zoom out further… - or maybe I just need a 4k Monitor, or try the multi-monitor set-up… (which is hard, because my desk has not enough room for that…).
Will try challenges now. I hope that forces me to use other ships than just dreadnaughts of one type.