Something visual to show that a ship is trying to leave combat.

Also can a ship retreating be a tad more explosive if its destroyed? FTL energies and all that.

I can usually guess when they are retreating. If they don't move at all or if they stop shooting and moving I know they are gearing up for an FTL jump so I know where to focus my fire

That being said, it would be nice if we had some engines flares or something to give us a visual so we don't have to guess.

We might be able to do something like a distinctive engine glow as the ship is preparing to jump.

Arioch wrote:We might be able to do something like a distinctive engine glow as the ship is preparing to jump.

Yeah, though right now, 2/3rds of the ships in the game are missing any engine glow effects -- I should probably fix that first