Civ4 Suggestions

[Cruddy]

Originally posted by vmxa1


Please no events. Anyway we have one, global warming.
I hate events that you have no control over them, they just happen.

How about optional events? I mean, there's been a few Civs that have suffered, if not perished, due to volcanoes, earthquakes, famines, floods etc. Plus, of course, they happen to your opponents too... And volcanoes give some very fertile soil (food from mountains - yippee!)

As for global warming - PLANT MORE TREES!!!

[pedrojedi]

That's my solution to world's warming problem... the modded floresting tank, a destroying machine that pillage and then plant forest, preserving the nature and getting the terrain cleaned of those enemy civ's corruptious touch.

[Rasbelin]

1. Fascism, Fundamentalism and Theocracy should be added.
2. WoW videos as Wittlich said.
3. More advanced espionage.

[Adagio]

...and one more thing:

I'd like more different happiness... there should be at least 5 different: Happy, moderate happy, content, moderate unhappy, unhappy (is moderate the right word here?)...

[pedrojedi]

Maybe a better naming would be:

- Enthusiastic
- Happy
- Content
- Unhappy
- Sad or depressed
- Raging furious constipated citizen

edit: "or depressed"

[Adagio]

Sounds better

[H Tower]

aren't three threads by the same person for the list overkill? (read: spam)

http://apolyton.net/forums/showthread.php?s=&threadid=82420

[pedrojedi]

You should notice, however, that it was not the same guy who started the thread, there are some very different opinions and even the population does not seem to be "the same".

[mrmitchell]

YES!!! We really should have a way to reverse Global Warming by planting Forest/Jungle! Say, every 4 Forest can turn back 1 Pollution (Hey, this stuff takes time) and 2 Jungle can turn back 1 Pollution.

Or as another way to prevent the massive Junglechopping, tiles can lose thier future resources once they are chopped away and hauled off to the lumber factory.

[Master Zen]

If I had a dime for every suggestion thread...


1) Combat system of Panzer General

2) 3-D hex spherical world, kinda like a giant soccer ball

3) irrigation and farmland

4) unit-creation workshop like in SMAC

5) resources are more abundant but more are required to maitain units (i.e. may tiles have oil, but one oil only maitains say 10 units)

6) Real transprotation network, where connecting cities nets more $$, transportation also doesn't increase tile production so you don't have to add roads and railroads to every tile, just to connect cities.

7) Public works system like CtP

8) Penalty for hacking jungles and chopping forests

[Mad Bomber]

Originally posted by Master Zen
If I had a dime for every suggestion thread...


1) Combat system of Panzer General

Th best combat system for a turn based game I have ever seen, but doutful it could be implemented with the huge disparity between units of CIV 3.

Hex spherical world, kinda like a giant soccer ball

Oh, the resources! Will the next generation of computers be able to handle this? Might have to wait for CIV 5, perhaps CIV 6!

3) irrigation and farmland

Yes, a much needed implementation!

4) unit-creation workshop like in SMAC

Will it still feel like a civ game with this? Firaxis probably already attempted this and felt it was not in keepng with the CIV tradition, not to mention the different names of units!

5) resources are more abundant but more are required to maitain units (i.e. may tiles have oil, but one oil only maitains say 10 units)

agreed, also the size of the resource should be variable (you could have a very large oil deposit or a small oil deposit with several levels in between)

6) Real transprotation network, where connecting cities nets more $$, transportation also doesn't increase tile production so you don't have to add roads and railroads to every tile, just to connect cities.

People will still RR everything, as their will be no reason not to! Just have them pay a maintenance cost (1g/10 tiles)

7) Public works system like CtP

Agreed

8) Penalty for hacking jungles and chopping forests

Should be tied more closely to GW.

[Tiberius]

Originally posted by Master Zen
7) Public works system like CtP

Do this and I won't buy it.

8) Penalty for hacking jungles and chopping forests

This is a good idea. We should also be able to fight again pollution/desertification by planting forests and by signing pollution reduction treaties and/or embargos against big polluters.

[Master Zen]

9) Customizable governments (another SMAC idea)

I honestly think the PG combat system is so simple that it can work in a Civ style game. Or rather, imagine Panzer General with growing cities

IMO the combat system is the weakest link the Civ series. With a PG system, a simple yet respectable system could make the game just peeerfect.

[H Tower]

Originally posted by pedrojedi
You should notice, however, that it was not the same guy who started the thread,

/me thinks you should check the name of the thread starter again

because it was just one person

[Rasbelin]

Originally posted by Master Zen

1) Combat system of Panzer General

In that case we have to include all units too.

Panzer General