One change I want to see to the space combat for the Odyssey update is actually to add a bit more realism to certain types of weapons. If the weapon is supposed to be a ranged one, like those heat seeking missiles, then they should behave like they would in real life. I should be able to target someone 30-40 nautical miles away if real life weapons like the AIM-120 are any indication. These types of changes would make the combat a bit more interesting, because right now it just plays more like your typical Star Warsish space shooter with the WW2 style dog fights. Its gotten old and played out to be quite frank. We've seen it in just about every space shooter before at this point. The planes already have counter measures, point defense systems and jamming equipment, so giving certain weapons more range like they should have won't break the gameplay. The game is already ready made for it. 
Some ships just might not have shields. And in the event that one of them super cruises out of range of short range weapons in an escape attempt with his shields still recharging, that's where my missiles would come in. And this is where some degree of realism would come in as well, or common sense. It doesn't make sense for his shields to block incoming fire, yet he can somehow shoot at me without hitting his own shields. So this is another thing I would change as well. If he wants to be able to shoot at me, he'll have to lower his own shields beforehand. This simple tweak to the gameplay shouldn't be too difficult to do for the devs looking at the way the user interface is already laid out.
