Well, that post is about "Empire Building Immersion" and mostly "Role play aspects".



At the moment, when I build my empire, I dont feel to be the Supreme Ruler I am supposed to be.



I cant choose the way my empire work (like : Monarchy/Empire/Consulate/Oligarchy/Plutocracy....), I cant rename it after an important event, I cant



I cant make laws for the citizens, I do not control the justice in my nation ....



Little things, leading to great immersion that make you feel : "THIS IS MY EMPIRE, ITS THE BEST ON AURIGA, IM GONNA WIN ANYWAY" and the magic feeling :



"One more turn please..."



This is not a priority for the devs but that can make the difference between EL and the other 4X



So, tell me people what you would like to add as minor "roleplaying" features for immersion in that game. Lets talk about our craziest ideas about immersion :



I am starting with :



1. Government types : Imagine a Necrophage democracy ! The fatest candidate would be elected



How to implement it :



-faction trait with buff (democracy = +happiness, higher army upkeep...)

-quest

-Part of the empire plan



2. Dura lex, sed lex...



Laws : The Vaulters theocracy decide to forbid the fishing in protected areas (silly example ^^) --> -10% production in river tiles but +15 happiness in concerned cities from ecology.



How to implement it :



Temporary (between 3 and 10 turns) traits added to the factions bought with influence.



3. Custom banners : 4 Vaulters empire fight only for one reason : They have the same symbol on their banner !



How to implement it : I think there should be a little choice of 5-10 differents symbols for each factions.



Immersion before all !



Feel free to post your own ideas and comment mine !

Hello,



Governments? I think that 20 turn change is enough to plan my future empire. Also you can choose (not yet, but in the future) your own faction traits - like you could do in endless space.



Laws? I think that would be nice but way to hard to balance since they're would be just to many of them... and for each factions different laws ofc.



Banners. I dont care actually I just look at the colours. But it makes sense, this should be implemented.

Baiji wrote:
Hello,



Governments? I think that 20 turn change is enough to plan my future empire. Also you can choose (not yet, but in the future) your own faction traits - like you could do in endless space.



Laws? I think that would be nice but way to hard to balance since they're would be just to many of them... and for each factions different laws ofc.



Banners. I dont care actually I just look at the colours. But it makes sense, this should be implemented.

Haha that was only crazy ideas, but about government, I find that Empire Plan would atleast be more immersive than was is it atm ^^

Empire plan is just too simple and boring at the moment. Managing a whole empire should be more interesting and challenging.

avidsupporter333 wrote:
Empire plan is just too simple and boring at the moment. Managing a whole empire should be more interesting and challenging.

Yea, thats why Laws and Governments would be a cool and funny bonus feature !

avidsupporter333 wrote:
Empire plan is just too simple and boring at the moment. Managing a whole empire should be more interesting and challenging.

I've been thinking the same for a long time, which is why I've been trying to think of more interesting effects to mod in. My best bet at the moment is to give a given property of any entity and effect it does not usually have. Here are some examples:



Military:

- Garrisoned units provide 5 approval each

- Garrisoned units provide 2% ownership recovery each turn

- Cities are razed at double speed



Economy & Population:

- Trade routes provide food



Expansion & Exploration:

- Armies get 2 action points per turn

- unspent action point provides bonus healing

- Luxury extractors reduce Expansion Disapproval





If we can get 16 to 20 effects together, I might get to work modding again.