Should fleet power and army power be hidden?

[Snadasky]

The heading of a Stellaris starship tells you, at most, what the next step on that fleet's journey is. (If there is a gateway or hyper relay in the system, it doesn't even tell you that much.)

can you actually see the destination when they are heading towards a gateway? the ai rarely utilizes them untill i already have a sentry array so have not really noticed.

and as for hyper relays i would have to look again later but usually i dont see their final destination my fleets just track their current location till they are out of sensor range

 

[OnyxAbussos]

* Remove our ability to see their Fleet Name or their Admiral at less than High Intel.

No intel -- # of ships only. Not ship sizes. Make a blobby graphic. "We've got 6 warp signatures inbound!"

Low intel -- # of ships and Total fleet [size] number.

Medium intel -- # by class. Can see a Red/Yellow/Green color indicator of fleet strength that kinda equates to like "Dangerous / Even-ish / Inferior to us in some general fashion."

High -- same, and estimated fleet power within +/- 30% of actual. Can also see fleet name and LEVEL of Admiral.

Full -- same, but estimate is within +/- 10% of actual. Can see fleet name, and admiral name, level, and traits. Can see approximate ship health levels on a red-yellow-green scale.

BUT...
Actually fighting a fleet will move you up to Medium intel on that fleet so long as it doesnt leave your sensor range. Each successive battle with it that lasts for at least XYZ days increases intel on that fleet by one level (the day requirement is to prevent players from sending in 4 individual naked corvettes and becoming omniscient through that kind of cheese). Once it leaves you cant reeeeeeally be certain it IS the same fleet / ships, so the intelight drop one level per month to a minimum of Low?

 

[OnyxAbussos]

Just a thought experiment, since it is a bit boring to know whether you will win or lose before the fight has even begun. Rough total empire fleet power should be available from the diplomatic tabs, but it seems odd to me that your empire knows exactly how powerful every fleet is and updates it on a real time basis.

Do you think it will be more interesting if we need to judge a fleet's strength based on overall technology level, civics, ethics and ship number or is it just extra micro?

edit: maybe have the accuracy tied to intel as suggested in the comments?

We can quibble about exact mechanics and implementation, but YES YES YES we need this a lot.