A not shit alliance system.

No alliance system

Yes. An Endless Universe RPG or MMORPG.

The gameplay would be :

First part / Tutoriel on a Quasi-Sterile Auriga. You're one of the last native or a lost explorer, your goal is to leave the planet.

Leveling : You explore some "unique" planets of the lore, meet a lot of species.

Endgame : Something like GW2, with many gameplay styles and without a race to stuff.

If another 4X were made (ES3, EL2, or otherwise) I would like to see some serious cutting down of "fiddly" elements. Things like needing to delve into several submenus for certain functions or having to manage heroes as often as you do.

I'd also love to see more "Maximalism" with design. Crank up the asymmetry between factions to an even greater extent and make them play super different from each other. Maybe even different victory conditions for different factions? Balance-wise this would be a nightmare to figure out but it would allow the colorful personality of the Endless Universe to shine through.

Maybe I have been spoiled by Total War: Warhammer 2 but also having different UI skins for each faction would be a small wishlist item (though this can spoil readability). On a similar note, with Total War: Warhammer 3 on the horizon and it basically printing money for CA I would love to see a Total War game from them in the Endless Universe ;)

A turn-based strategy is more turn-based, then RTS, what a shocker!

Enable timers if you are looking for intense gameplay.

Groo wrote:

No alliance system

Step One: Select the Craver faction.

Step Two: There is no step two. =P

Storors wrote:

Yes. An Endless Universe RPG or MMORPG.

The gameplay would be :

First part / Tutoriel on a Quasi-Sterile Auriga. You're one of the last native or a lost explorer, your goal is to leave the planet.

Leveling : You explore some "unique" planets of the lore, meet a lot of species.

Endgame : Something like GW2, with many gameplay styles and without a race to stuff.

I would be so incredibly down for an RPG in the Endless universe. They could even skip Auriga and put it on one of the other important Endless Worlds, with you playing as a Hero from the Academy. 

Doodlegoop wrote:

If another 4X were made (ES3, EL2, or otherwise) I would like to see some serious cutting down of "fiddly" elements. Things like needing to delve into several submenus for certain functions or having to manage heroes as often as you do.

I'd also love to see more "Maximalism" with design. Crank up the asymmetry between factions to an even greater extent and make them play super different from each other. Maybe even different victory conditions for different factions? Balance-wise this would be a nightmare to figure out but it would allow the colorful personality of the Endless Universe to shine through.

Maybe I have been spoiled by Total War: Warhammer 2 but also having different UI skins for each faction would be a small wishlist item (though this can spoil readability). On a similar note, with Total War: Warhammer 3 on the horizon and it basically printing money for CA I would love to see a Total War game from them in the Endless Universe ;)

Agreed top to bottom. And as for your final point, I have a Youtube channel about Total Warhammer, and one of the series I've been running is "Where to go after Game 3". The Endless universe is next on the list for that series. Great minds think alike, eh?

I hope modifiers aren't arbitrarily delineated into affinities and traits.

i want a game that establishes the state of the official galaxy, and its history, we've only gotten glimpses of those, either through quests, hero information, and the short story comics, its been up to us to mainly interpret what the state of the endless galaxy is actually in with the amount of information we have on it, so a game that gives what the devs consider as the actual state of the galaxy would be cool.

would love to get more lore on Vaulters and the Mezari. Every game we have learned more and im loving it. also more on the endless themselves.

Storors wrote:

Yes. An Endless Universe RPG or MMORPG.

The gameplay would be :

First part / Tutoriel on a Quasi-Sterile Auriga. You're one of the last native or a lost explorer, your goal is to leave the planet.

Leveling : You explore some "unique" planets of the lore, meet a lot of species.

Endgame : Something like GW2, with many gameplay styles and without a race to stuff.

that would be cool.

Hmm maybe a community. that has better communication and not about 6k in unanswered threads. Loyal fans that help others with problems, errors or even help play test and complete mods. That's something I would like to see. 

Shall a new 4X in the Endless Universe be made, I think what would be important to me is a better modeled economy.

A more intricated one, for starters. Why should every city, every colony be self-sufficient on food production for instance? How about trade routes bringing food from a specialised planet having a surplus? What if these trade routes could be pillaged? What would happen in the event of a blocade of a dependent planet during a siege? What if maintaining the trade route going supposed an employed pop from both settlements?

A more visible effect of trade in strategy games - and a true depiction of it as a huge logistical weakness - would give players a real impact on its enemies' economy. I find pillaging tiles often lackluster to handicap another race/civilization development or ability to wage wars. How about using mobility to launch "chevauchee" style attacks deep in enemy lines, targeting poorly protected traders and killing/stealing pops?

And a bit of a more complex economy, also. It doesn't make sense, in the late game, to be swimming in Dust as you keep ramping up your economy while your upkeep costs stagnates; money tends to become a currency you are rarely lacking. In my view, it takes away a huge part of the decision making, as this economy-meter quickly becomes a matter of no-concern.

To conclude, maybe espionage systems could target economy and trade with a greater efficiency, offering means of sabotage that really do a difference in a nation's prosperity, to increase foreign commerce gains or steal a part of it. It's no mystery that nowadays, economic intelligence plays a big role in international relations. I would definitely like to see this represented in the games I enjoy to play.