I would like to see a 3 simple changes to the hero system.

I don't think that it makes sense, that we and other players including the AI can have one specific hero multiple times.

This really bugs me, and hurts the lore and immersion of the game.

My idea is to not allow heroes to exist more than once. They are unique beings with a backstory after all.

I really like to collect all the heroes if I can, in every game I play. Therefore, it also would be nice, if we could trade heroes with other empires trough diplomacy, just like systems.

After an empire is defeated, the heroes it possessed should appear on the market. If the academy quest is already done, and heroes can't be purchased in the market, then they should just be added to the hero pool. The hero pool can be empty this way, if all heroes are already collected by the empires, and no new heroes show up to choose from.

 

Summary:

  1. Heroes should be unique.
  2. Heroes should be tradeable trough diplomacy between empires.
  3. After an empire is defeated, the heroes should be free, and added to the market or the pool.