First of all let me start off by saying the new patch and DLC are great in the fact that they add lots of really good new additions which make the game even more interesting.
However I'm really struggling with combat post patch even simple things like taking on a starbase. The commands I make don't stick for grouping ships, formation or changing the range. Its always been finicky but it was possible after issuing orders and selecting a target then repeating those steps after that it wouldn't change but now nothing seems to take it always returns to the default crappy settings. Are ships not allowed to be grouped together in ways other than how they start the battle in? I don't think the new combat roles feature is working either.
Anyone else struggling with combat in this regard or am I just missing something?
Other issues I've noticed:
Minors can't be invaded perhaps they're not supposed to be but it would be nice if you could. There's also no way to know that currently unless you bring some transports along to find the deploy button grayed out.
One of the governors (possibly more) has a buyout reduction, it's bugged it actually makes it cost more not less. e.g. 10% "bonus" 400 credit building is 440 not 360.