A) On the unit list that pops up when you right-click, show
the status of the workers (Ready, Irrigating, Mining,
Building Road, Deforesting, etc). This could perhaps be
easily done just by using different colored text. Also, turns
to completion.
B) At the start of the turn, instead of flashing around from city
to city blinking subliminal messages at me, then making me
wait through a dozen advisor questions one at a time, give
a single 'State of the Empire' summary (with conditions
hyperlinked to the appropriate advisors, if necessary).
C) On the Domestic Advisor screen, mark cities that are in
some unusual condition (WLTED, Food Shortage, Illness,
Civil Disorder, etc). Blinking animations on the map are
nice, but don't help much.
D) Have the Foreign Advisor at least have some clue as to
how other nations feel toward each other. (See also:
Monoriu's #20, 38, 39, and 40)
E) Make the 'books' (lists ranking civs by different criteria
such as wealthiest, happiest, etc.) that pop up once in
each game continually updated and available throughout
the game so I can see how the civs compare. (this is
similar to #39 above)
F) Perhaps a list of improvements by city...that is, a list of
cities showing the improvements in each. (So you can see
at a glance which cities have, for instance, barracks).
G) Some kind of simple history log. Should note when wars
took place, civs were conquered, diplomatic agreements
violated, etc.
(low-priority: )
H) Ability to right-click unoccupied tiles while in the city screen
to see what the production would be if you put a citizen
there. Having to jiggle the citizens around and then put
them back where they came from (or exit back to the main
map, check the terrain, and then go back to the city map)
is just a nuisance.
I) Have the trade advisor be useful... Perhaps icons for civs
that have techs which you don't, or lots of gold. Have him
give advice about what other civs want. (eg: "Egypt might
like a mutual protection pact." or "The Germans might be
interested in Philosophy.")
J) Have the military advisor be more useful... Perhaps giving
hints or strategic notes. ("Babylon has a strong navy, but
it's army is relatively weak." or "Greece is well-prepared
defensively, but unable to launch a major offensive.")
K) Make a patch for the manual's index. "Diplomacy" isn't
even listed. Neither are "Spy" or "Colony". Of course,
these things can be found, but at least basic concepts
should be listed to save the trouble of hunting them down.
That's what an index is for.
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