I will suggest removing reticules and use the actual sectors territory for Sound the Alarm & Designate Defensive Line.

It makes poor sense gameplay-wise, the reticule bleeds over enemy sectors potentially, forces the player to clump his units in one spot.
And last but not least, removes player agency in where to set up his forces - and not being forced to gather around the actual capture point.

With the cherry on top of cluttering the screen with an opaque reticule.

I hope this gets "fixed", as I can't bring myself to consider it working as intended, and a nice redesign of that humongously opaque & low resolution reticule.

After all, the patches are so freaking good I can't but hope it'll be Christmas once again! <3
Cheers!