Illwinter, are you keeping it multiplayer?

[rdonj]

You could get your increase in ability by earning the favor of your god. Say, you have to prove yourself by performing certain actions and once you earn enough favor your god will offer you a blessing they will bestow upon you. Maybe you could be turned into a different creature, or be promoted to a different sort of commander, or be empowered. There are lots of different ways you could go about it depending on what way you chose to go for the base of the game.

[Argitoth]

Part of the fun of playing OpenGlad was the fact that no unit had a limitation on how much power they could gain. Just because you are a commander shouldn't mean you have more abilities than a soldier. You should be able to have a small team of undefeatable falchioneers, how cool would that be to be the most feared group as opposed to the most feared person who commands a bunch of weaklings.

[JimMorrison]

Hmmm, an enhancement of the Experience system, and perhaps some character building options for your underlings, I like that. It definitely would add to the Dominions fun if you didn't have to choose between being solo, or having a thousand men..... Running a fearsome mercenary company could be a blast.

Interestingly, if you played as a mercenary, you wouldn't have any single god to ally with, and people would pay you huge amounts of gold for your services. Downside - don't allow mercenary characters to be Sacred (unless you wore a Shroud of the Battle Saint!).

[Argitoth]

that's cool, maybe I'd hire your team, JimMorrison.

[JimMorrison]

Originally Posted by Argitoth

that's cool, maybe I'd hire your team, JimMorrison.

Awesome! Maybe I would make you an amazing Dominions experience, worth millions a month in residual income.