​First of all I have to say, even though I had a good idea this was coming since I heard Derek Paxton was joining Amplitude, that I am beyond happy to see EL2. I always felt when compared to modern/sci-fi setting 4X games, fantasy really gets the short end of the stick sometimes. I am really hoping that you guys do an amazing job and not only have a very successful product, but go as far as to say so to speak kickstart future fantasy 4X IPs.  And Trust me with Derek Paxton on the team and seeing what he did with his mod (Fall From Heaven) in Civ 4 you got a good chance to pull it off. Really FFH has so many concepts in it that a lot of game even today lack and it the reason I have close to 3k hours in civ 4. So yeah needless to say I am super exited to see what you guys pull off with EL2.

With that said there are a few mechanics that I hope EL2 changes that where to EL1.


Empire Plans:
This is one of the biggest ones for me in EL1. It felt a bit gamey and really encourages players to do some cheesy tactics to work around the X amount of turn limit you had for each upcoming empire plan. I hope out of everything this got changed to have a more healthier system in it place.


Mercenaries:

I also really hope the mercenary system is slightly changed to be a little bit more interesting during our playthroughs.  It felt a little underwhelming unless your the Roving Clans. Then in that case they where crazy strong.


Broken Lords:
I really like the Aesthetics of the BL and since we all can see they are making a return, my only wish is to maybe make their gameplay a bit more interesting. In EL1 it just felt at one point it was way better to ignore production in favor of dusk and just doing a buyout strategy. Not saying it not on point for their lore, but I would like to see it a bit more expanded on and more interesting that also works with their lore. 


Everything else sounds great though. A evolving map, I imagine you are changing how minor factions work a bit, a new pop system that was hinted at, and I am sure everything else you have cooking will be great. Also applied for the insider program. Would be more then happy to help playtest, stress test, break things, etc.  :D