I asked for vaguely the same thing a long time ago but I would like to bring it up again:

for the sake of replayability,

please add the option to choose different visuals on custom factions and choose a custom start hero from the roster.

As an example:

after building the faction one decides to choose the horatio questline with Niris for visuals and the according hero.
following changes:
- loading screen and population Picture is the minor faction picture of Niris
- diplomacy screen is the niris hero animated picture

and thats it. It would just add to the mood. Ofc I am no programmer but this seems like an easy way to add alot more replayability to the game.


[Extra] gameplay ideas with these additions:
Saer as military ecologists; Illo as religious riftborn-esque with a starting behemoth, religious Vaulters as kal'Tik'Ma for both being survivors etc.

No big changes on gameplay but bigger mood. even better would it be if the start music would be customable :).
I would love for someone at Amplitude to consider adding this in a future update.