Hi there!



I'd like to suggest standardizing the three starting heroes that you begin the game with. I suspect it's rare, but I've had games where I've had two literally identical heroes. Same portrait, same stats, same everything except for the name. That kind of thing shouldn't happen.



Basically it comes down to two suggestions:



1) Make sure that players start with at least one character who has an administrative trait. These characters make such an enormous difference in the first 40 turns of the game it's a serious setback if you don't start with one. Likewise, make sure that the player starts with at least one character with a combat trait. The third character can be random.



2) This is a nitpicky thing, but I really dislike starting with heroes from races that I haven't even made contact with yet. It feels very strange to have a human overseeing my capital when I haven't even met a human. Personally I'd like it if all three starting heroes were from your own race, but I'd settle for just making sure at least one character is. I realize it's an aesthetic difference, but it would certainly be nice.

On #1, I disagree. The better solution is to change the ability tree for the other three classes, so that a L4 hero of these classes is just as useful as an L4 admin hero with +25 industry and +20% industry.

/#/endless-space/forum/28-game-design/thread/11210-discussion-pilots-and-admirals-hero-classes-assignment

/#/endless-space/forum/27-general/thread/9149-the-25-industry-hero-bonus-is-too-good.



On #2, I agree, but find the similar suggestion here:

/#/endless-space/forum/29-archives/thread/13879-initial-race-specific-heroes

Probably that thread will be linked to its original soon.

First: Please post proposals only in the proposals section.

Second: Please mind the proposal submission rules, especially point two that states to limit yourself to one suggestion topic per thread, which in this case is "only" borderline.

Davea already linked you the original suggestion for #2, I'll do so for #1: /#/endless-space/forum/28-game-design/thread/12282-restrict-starting-hero-pool-to-certain-specialisations

This thread has been linked to #1 and is moved to the archives.