So with Endless Day quickly approaching and the tease of OP-Bot in a recent trailer what are everyone's expectations for future DLC or expansions. I think they have already announced there will be a minor race pack as the first DLC, but after this what do you think would be best, more Major factions, a big expansion, more free updates, DLC similar to Endless Legend with Major faction and new gameplay feature. I personally can't wait for the DLC or expansions as I know the high quality and care the devs put into their games.  So what are you all hoping for this year?

Space Zebras! 

No really. I would like to see quests which are less based on FIDSI and more on ambiguous choices and UNIQUE rewards. I'd like to see some grand menaces added to the game. Like derelict drone tech from extinct races which just never shut off and roves through the galaxy attacking random worlds. 

Sword of the Stars had this really awesome event where this alien ship calling itself a Galactic Peace Keeper would enter the galaxy and declare that all war must come to an end and all warship production must stop or the consequences would be dire. It would change the entire dynamic of the game and potentially save the empire that you were fighting or save you if you were getting beaten in a war. Fun times! That ship was crazy powerful.

Slashman wrote:

Space Zebras! 

No really. I would like to see quests which are less based on FIDSI and more on ambiguous choices and UNIQUE rewards. I'd like to see some grand menaces added to the game. Like derelict drone tech from extinct races which just never shut off and roves through the galaxy attacking random worlds. 

Sword of the Stars had this really awesome event where this alien ship calling itself a Galactic Peace Keeper would enter the galaxy and declare that all war must come to an end and all warship production must stop or the consequences would be dire. It would change the entire dynamic of the game and potentially save the empire that you were fighting or save you if you were getting beaten in a war. Fun times! That ship was crazy powerful.

Yeah, slashman I like that idea, well maybe not the Space Zebras ;-), but the idea of some sort of punishment for the faction who are winning. It makes it a little more interesting and gives the other players a chance to catch up. I remember something like that in MoO3 with an alien race who came to attack the player in the lead it made things a lot more interesting,

Slashman wrote:

Space Zebras! 

No really. I would like to see quests which are less based on FIDSI and more on ambiguous choices and UNIQUE rewards. I'd like to see some grand menaces added to the game. Like derelict drone tech from extinct races which just never shut off and roves through the galaxy attacking random worlds. 

You leave the Sowers alone.

Frogsquadron wrote:

Slashman wrote:

Space Zebras! 

No really. I would like to see quests which are less based on FIDSI and more on ambiguous choices and UNIQUE rewards. I'd like to see some grand menaces added to the game. Like derelict drone tech from extinct races which just never shut off and roves through the galaxy attacking random worlds. 

You leave the Sowers alone.

I wish I could quit them...

Personally, I am hoping there will be more factions. I really find that to be one of the greater strengths of the Endless games, so really looking forward to that. I also hope there are more humanoid-ish factions, I find space Ents to be a bit hard to relate to.

Anyway, if it is done in a similar fashion to Endless Legend, I think it will work out just great.

What's with all these Sower love stories???

Slashman wrote:

Space Zebras! 

No really. I would like to see quests which are less based on FIDSI and more on ambiguous choices and UNIQUE rewards. I'd like to see some grand menaces added to the game. Like derelict drone tech from extinct races which just never shut off and roves through the galaxy attacking random worlds. 

Sword of the Stars had this really awesome event where this alien ship calling itself a Galactic Peace Keeper would enter the galaxy and declare that all war must come to an end and all warship production must stop or the consequences would be dire. It would change the entire dynamic of the game and potentially save the empire that you were fighting or save you if you were getting beaten in a war. Fun times! That ship was crazy powerful.

100% agree. Additional quests/events that add variety to the gameplay and make the universe feel even *more* alive, would be great. I'd also like to see continued AI improvement, that's a big one for me as I don't really do MP in these types of games. Finally, more factions to pick from would be excellent, and It's the one I'm most confident in saying we'll definitely see. :P

I would very much like a mix of bigger and smaller dlc, depending on the features provided. In short, additional content like new major factions and shiptypes, while there should be smaller dlc that expand existing features, like this:

Big DLC:

New Major Faction. Especially a warmongering faction that has more of a longgame plan than the cravers. Also a second science based faction would be nice. I understand that the UE can develop into either of the types, but i like them as allrounder the most.

Small DLC:

- Expansion on unique planets. Small things like unique landing sequences for immersion but also a questline for a further unique reward and immersion into the endless history. I can also think of a king of the hill victorycondition which would be interesting.

- Expansion on politics. Mostly i wish that the political factions have different laws for different majorfactions rather than some to be designed for only for one faction (like the religious factions being mostly usefull for the vodyani). Also more ways to influence the political direction of your empire. 

- A new Shiptype. Mostly i whish for a vessel thats concentrated on troop transport or fleetsupport. I feel its arkward that existing shipdesigns that have alot of supportmod slots have the treat to tank enemy fire. Also, a dipomatic vessel would be awesome, which apllies small bonuses to your ally when orbiting one of theri system (it should anker like an arc). For this see my minor faction wishies.

- Ships of minor factions. This one is tied pretty much to the former mentioned wish. It would be aweseome if every minor factions grants a shipdesign after assimilation. For example a hisho troop transporter or a pilgrim exploration vessel. I will open a standalone suggestion thread for this, but it shouldn't be missed here.

- Expansion on custom faction. This one isnt high priority. The existing system is great. Only things i miss are rather of aesthetic nature. I would like to have more appearance options rather than to use the ones of the existing major factions. You could at least use the visualisation of existing heroes for example and turn of the voice features. A way to edit what your factions text you in certain responses (e.g. you declare war on them). Also it would be great if you could choose a lumeris appearance and the ship designes (visual) of the united empire for example. Ah, and more space to describe said empire :)

As i said, not the highest priority, but it would be very neat!

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- Ships of minor factions. This one is tied pretty much to the former mentioned wish. It would be aweseome if every minor factions grants a shipdesign after assimilation. For example a hisho troop transporter or a pilgrim exploration vessel. I will open a standalone suggestion thread for this, but it shouldn't be missed here.

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This sounds like a very cool idea to me. And each of these faction specific ships could then offer a unique ability/bonus. Maybe an explorer with higher movement rate compared to other evssels of the same type or a transporter with larger capacity or a science ship which yields larger insta bonuses on luxury/strategic resource finds.

Gomorrha wrote:

- A new Shiptype. Mostly i whish for a vessel thats concentrated on troop transport or fleetsupport. I feel its arkward that existing shipdesigns that have alot of supportmod slots have the treat to tank enemy fire. Also, a dipomatic vessel would be awesome, which apllies small bonuses to your ally when orbiting one of theri system (it should anker like an arc). For this see my minor faction wishies.

- Ships of minor factions. This one is tied pretty much to the former mentioned wish. It would be aweseome if every minor factions grants a shipdesign after assimilation. For example a hisho troop transporter or a pilgrim exploration vessel. I will open a standalone suggestion thread for this, but it shouldn't be missed here.

I really like these ideas and yes, I think dedicated troop ships would be a good thing. Even adding to that, those ship types could open up different strategic choices for invasion based on race.

Sowers would be soooooo SWEET. They and harmony were my favorite factions in ES 1

Since the Vaulters are a combination of gameplay from the original Vaulters and Pilgrims from ES1, I would love to see this trend of "combined gameplay" to continue into new Major Factions.

Personally, I would love to see a new faction introduced that included the Minor Faction gameplay of The Cultists (not necessarily a single city/system like in EL) combined with the stealth capabilities of The Forgotten, with the expansion itself focusing on overhaulilng Minor Factions and introducing Espionage.