we currently have the possibility to follow one "aggression target". that is, a target for weapon use.

it would be nice to have more than one target selection, though still only one for actual weapon target.

imagine yourself on some escort mission. you need to keep an eye on your cargo ship but when time comes to defend, your single target makes it easy to get side-tracked away from what you're supposed to protect.

same thing within an attack group. you're supposed to stay grouped but it's quite hard to do unless you have a target selection on it.

so, by selecting one (or more) target as a "tactical target", then your radar shows you where the tactical targets are while you can concentrate on the weapon target. at any time, you get the hud arrow pointing to where your targets are, with the tactical targets shoring in a different color than the attack target.

Kind of like http://www.vendetta-online.com/x/msgboard/3/15116 ?

ah. i didn't find that one.

similar, but what ghost speaks of is a quick way to return to a target.

i'd like to target multiple ships at once. one for weapons, others just for location and tracking.

Yes. This would tie in well with the option to be able to target a capital ship, and then sub-target a turret of said capital ship to fire at (complete with ITS), which I have suggested before, even though it was not received well.

that's a stupid idea toshiro.

just kidding :-)