we get a red box when our planet or base is under attack but nothing when our ship is being attacked until it is too late, shouldnt we be notified when the ship is under attack also? yes the traps help in this area but wouldnt i be the first to know if the ship were under attack, even if i didnt have traps, i would know what has happened to my ship before the planet or base

I agree. I have been playing the game to find my ship disabled right before my eyes, and there was nothing I could do to protect it. It was too late when I realized I was under attack.

I've thought of something like this many times, but, the truth is, even if there was a notification, you'd be disabled anyway. Notice that when someone sends you something, you don't get the message til like 3 mins later. It would be the same due to some form of lag. Traps are effective but I've noticed you have little hull left when you can do anything about it.

I do like feeding people KVT's and OMT's though. They keep hitting thinking they're eating up KVT's but then you switch to OMT's. You make them self disable, or you weaken them so you can finish them off. I like doing that to higher rankers.