Some thoughts on improvements to the game

[Gregstrom]

Originally Posted by Loren

1) I think buildings in the capital should be immune to random event destruction.

Misfortune is already popular enough as a design choice, why make it easier to take?

Originally Posted by Loren

2) I think any mage left idle and capable of doing research should research.

That could work, but I guess it would be complicated to implement. Thus it's unlikely to happen.

Originally Posted by Loren

3) Communions in the lab: Select a group of mages, hit a key for communion and then, cast/cast monthly/forge. The whole group can only produce one spell or item but they do so as a communion, thus permitting you to reach levels you otherwise couldn't. I think the other mages should only contribute to paths they actually have a level in.

That would be a major rebalancing of gameplay... interesting, but possibly horrible. It's also a big enough change that it's vanishingly unlikely to occur.

Originally Posted by Loren

3) Siege should be considered an activity as far as the Next command is concerned.

That seems sort of reasonable.