Greetings all, great work so far. No idea if I have missed anything when playing that would change the ideas below, but figured I would post em anyways.



When doing research, it would be good it the research was organised a bit better. As an example, having all farming research on the same line (instead of all over the place). That way people are progressing through certain things.

Also, with that, the ability to investigate each research item before selecting it. Allowing people to see what the unlocks to specifically, before researching it. An example of this would be allowing people to select the research item, it comes up with a menu (could have "start research", "investigate" and "cancel" or something) so that way people can see what the research does and unlocks in a far easier manner (rather than having to guess, or wait till the research finishes).



Also, few other ideas. As much as I dread DLC, mini-expansions with extra races & tech (after release, of course) could be a good idea.



As for the races, I think the odds are far more in favor of "evil" over "good". But I don't think "good" or "evil" should effect the player (say I went human, everyone shouldn't see me as "evil" unless I go around killing everyone). Perhaps allowing the player to choose if certain factions are "good" or "evil" when creating the match? (naturally, some races would be normally "evil", but not all of them have to be). Failing that, allowing the player to start "neutral" as some races, and their actions during the game dictating the "good" or "evil" factor as they play.



Anyways, love the game. Will put it through a few more hours tomorrow, see what else I can think of.



Side note: Tool tips, instead of tutorial. Tutes bore the hell out of people and/or are usually skipped over, but simple little tool tip pointers along the way would be a better option. Either way, they can easily be turned off in the Options menu, so people needn't complain about them showing up and annoying them all the time.



Any ideas, feel free to comment. If I have missed other posts suggesting the same, sorry. And if I have missed any of these items in-game, feel free to correct me.