Just wanted to ask, perhaps prematurely, what inspirations/adaptations will this game be taking from endless legend?

Were there any ideas you playtested and published in endless legend inorder to refine for this game?

Judging by the trailer, screenshots and the articles we can more or less see that it takes most of it's city building and combat from EL. There are boroughs, separate tile wonders, battles that unravel into the map and unstack units for a battle. I hope it doesn't take the pre-turn orders during battle part from EL though.

It does look like there is greater variety in boroughs. Some of them look industrial with factories. It could be that the boroughs are different for each age you are in?

Here's hoping the player gets more control with the combat. I don't mind it being in a 'submap' or arena - in fact, I like that idea. But I'd like it to be turn based, perhaps like in the Heroes of Might and Magic games.

Indeed, hope the combat is an improved EL formula, faster moving, more control like assuming defensive stances and formations.