Wish List
People that have been around for a while might remember this in it's earlier incarnation. I've reposted it with a less
abrasive
title. It's basically a gathering together of all kinds of suggestions for changes that different people have made in one place, rather than have them be scattered every which way in different threads. If you want something added/tweaked please post a reply with a description of your suggestion, and a summation small enough to fit in a bullet point (I hate summarizing what other people have written). I will try to post a fresh Version every week or so, if of course people keep adding things.
I have divided up the wish list into 4 sections: things that would be pretty simple to change, should the devs feel like it would be a good idea; changes which would require some extra work, but not a ton; changes which would require significant work (and thus are unlikely to happen); finally bigger picture balance considerations. This Last Category is for more sweeping considerations than a specific feature addition or change, and for general improvements.
If I missed something I apologize in advance.
1. Tweaks/Easy changes to implement
Darker colours/textures in unit displays [to make sprites easier to see/look better]
Alignment of stats in unit info screens [i.e. in a column]
Pre-made pretenders for new players
New player 'get started' guide
Quick start game for new players
End/quit/save/host button remake [so that 'end turn' takes you directly to next turn]
Bless effects displayed when creating a pretender's magic
Actual effects of scales explained when creating a pretender's scales
Line between commanders and regular units in recruitment screen
Titles in recruitment screen for unit section and commander section
More details on exactly what different effects mean (e.g. exact benefits of mountain/forest/swamp survival, etc.)
Able to quit battles using ESC
When selecting commander from F1 screen, have the commander be highlighted when it jumps to him
X axis labeled in score overview graph
Message in top left when Commander is killed in battle
When you win/lose a game, instead of exiting the program, get brought back to main menu
Show undead and magic leadership in unit info screen (e.g. 25/0/10)
Soldiers with "guard commander" orders fire missiles if a target is within range
Link from nation overview (F1) to recruitment screen in each province
Show resource usage in nation overview [so that you can see at a glance which provinces aren't being used to their full potential]
Warning colours in nation overview (e.g. red for supply usage when higher than supply availability, etc.)
Allow finer adjustment of map richness levels
Add "Cast Monthly Ritual" to commander orders list
Increase accuracy of Evocation spells - if necessary reduce damage to balance
Change strategic move to 2 for HI and increase the 'cost' of moving through difficult terrain for HI [net effect: LI can move through difficult terrain quicker than HI]
Research estimate in recruit screen should reflect research with current drain scale
In enemy/indie province screen, link unit names to description (even if it is just generic)
prevent blood slave harvesting in provinces where no chance exists to get slaves (pop too low), and show estimated blood harvest for each mage
Combine Blood Harvest reports into one, linking to each commander
When using the "N" key to cycle through commanders and a commander in a group gets selected, select the whole group of commanders.
When a magic site is found, include the level required to find it in the site info window
Right-click should bring up commander details in gem-transfer screen (as it does everywhere else).
Seasonal autobid for mercs, like in Dom I
Default bid price on mercs should not reset itself to the asking price
Clearer distinction between province and global gold stats
Net kingdom gem and gold income displayed in F1 screen
Autoarrange commanders alphabetically by type, then name
Confirmation screen for 'throw item away'
Change order of game creation: first choose scenario, then number and types of player etc.
2. Additions of relatively minor features
Battle results (i.e. list of casualties) when storming a Castle
'?' accessible on main menu (i.e. as a button)
Research point 'lock' for schools of magic
Random nation AI opponents
Map and Scenario triggers [not sure where this was mentioned]
Ability to rename commanders, or at least add epithets
Enhanced start (starting with more than one province)
Ability to close screens without having to scroll down or press ESC (e.g. Windows-style [x] or 'Exit' button below instead of at the end of scroll-lists)
Names of units in addition to icons in recruitment/deployment screens
Detailed breakdown of mixed squads in deployment screen
Detailed lists of losses (most importantly commanders)
Right-clicking commander in main screen gives you list of troops under his command
Build queue for commanders (even though there is only one recruitable per month)
Shift-click to add higher multiples of units [e.g. 5 at a time] in recruitment screen
Build queue doesn't charge you for units which won't be built that turn
Ability to turn off pre-battle zoom animation
Number of local defense force killed show up on battle report (even though they're automatically replaced)
Ability to enter new subscreen (F1, recruitment, etc.) without ESCaping out of the current one
Hostile borders different colour than province borders within your nations [don't know if this is possible]
Prevent redundant site searching [or have a message like the "preaching cannot be used to raise the dominion of this province any higher" message]
When game ends prompt for deletion of game file
or
When game ends, automatically delete game file
Ability to toggle on/off battle grid in squad positioning screen
New Command for missile units: Hold or Fire
Keyboard selection (hotkeys or something else) for every command available with mouse
also including:
Keyboard command to select next commander within province, even if he already has orders.
Ability to scroll lists with arrow keys instead of mouse
Keyboard interface for research screen
Keyboard command to cycle through friendly provinces
Expanded gem-transfer screen, showing more than 2 commanders
Label in nation overview identifying province types [feudal, amazons, etc.], and therefore the troops recruitable there
Ability to cycle through recruitment screens without exiting to main map
Add separate gold richness and resource richness settings for new games
Add tactical "Cast Support Spells", "Cast Summon Spells", and "Cast Attack Spells" commands
New unit command: Fire and Retire. missile units fire a couple of rounds, then retreat to behind the main battle-line
Supply bonus for a certain number of LI/LC - in accordance with their role as foragers
Compress trn files for Online play
Allow changing pretender in design screen
In battle screen, link spell casting notification to spell description
Special Guard commander order "Surround Body Guard":Auto position body guards encircling the commander
New Order in map screen "Collect Gems/Slaves" - collects all the gems/slaves held by any commanders in a province, and gives them to the selected commander
New battle order "Hold or Cast Spells"
Show actual adjustments to stats from fatigue (ie 0 defense, half armour, etc)
More detailed list of combat losses
Military info for hostile provinces displayed on main screen
3. Additions of relatively major features
SP diplomacy
Increased battle replay functionality (various speeds, etc.)
Ability to store more than one god for each nation
Modability
Search function for items on commanders
Battle Sim
Enabling/disabling spells [being able to indicate which spells your mage should pick from]
Translucent filters for map instead of icons (for dominion strength, production, province defense, etc.)
Rework of province defense
Different types of battle terrain
4. Balance considerations
Improve Strategic AI
Less focus on supercombatants
More regrowth possibilities / less emphasis on population death
Greater 'bless' effects [e.g. starting at an earlier level (lvl 3?), increasing exponentially rather than by addition (1,2,4,8 vs. 2,3,4,5), magic cheaper in general, etc.]
Reduce effectiveness of artillery-like spells (esp. in hostile dominion), or provide counters
More global enchantments
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