Ability to grant control over ships, structures, planets, etc.  Different from giving, because control can be revoked.  One area it could be used is if you receive a big attack in your system, and you have a fleet there to defend.  Granting control to your ally of some of the ships would help with micro, allow you to split fleets and have both controlled intelligently, etc.

Allow us to choose a specialty for our planets. We already have Capital, but what about Military Stronghold, or Trade Menagerie? Having the same kind of planets have no real differences is kind of repetitive. I'd like to make that big desert planet into a huge military outpost, that would grant me some kinda bonus. The bonus wouldn't be as big as if you had found a planet special ability, but it would give you planet based orbital guns or increased trade revenue on a planet with many phase lanes crossing it. Just a thought.

[quote who="-=XX=-Nephilim" reply="3" id="2047192"]I know it is not going to happen but have to write it down nevertheless...

More MP game modes next to existing Conquest one... Modes that would focus on solid MP experience and rounds that would finish within cca 45 minutes game play brackets...



 
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THE DOME is a perfect example of such a game mode.

Ironclad should seriously consider making THE DOME as a new mode of play.

Things I would LOVE to see in Sins:

Random events, On/Off selectable like pirates, things that could drastically effect large campaigns such as blocking phase lanes or making planets uninhabitable.  The events can be what you like, Asteroid strikes, Alien invasions, Star collapse, whatever, just these kind of things would add to the whole experience.  Maybe there are ally events also with ethical (which affects relationships) decisions that have an effect elsewhere such as economy, production etc.

More planet diversity.

On/Off selectable xenophobia so Vasari are more likely to like Vasari and hate other races and similarly accross all races.

Better missions from allies.  How about I am attacking planet X in X minutes, please assist.  And their happyness being affected according to the player response.  Or "I need an idea what faction X is doing, please check them out for me?" which would mean a scouting mission for an AI who you share ship vision with.

How about a more fluid Ally happyness system.  One where you can see the ralationships between all allies (perhaps with certain techs researched) and if you destroy ships or structures of an enemy X that another AI, enemy A, hates then the happyness between you and AI A goes up some relative amount, and likewise alliances with AI X would cause friction with AI A.

More diverse Planet development choices, think GC II but not as complex.  Pretty sure I have seen screenshots in the beta with this kind of thing but I'd love to see it concidered again.  Choices such as weighing up population with defence, or production or research.  And ofcourse race specific super developments that are expensive and are then considered like an artifact in game play terms (all other players are informed and changing planet ownership changes ownership of the artifact/development).

An espionage tech tree that can allow the following techs:

The current ones such as phase lane monitoring etc.  (Surveillance spies)

Alliance relationship and economy visability. (enemy leadership and governments spies)

Artifact visibility. (Planet spies)  High level upgrades give hints to the defencive level of planets and perhaps some (lagged) visibility of fleet strength at planets.

Perhaps the espianage techs also include a constant overhead to keep and can be 'scuttled' at no resources returned but need to be paid for again with the same development time etc.

The black market, or trading resources with allies, not having the ability to put a set amount. Thats what drives me crazy about the game, Holding shift down and clicking Credits, Metal, and crystal 10xinfinity times to help my human players out on resources.

I think a great addition to the game would be to make the pirates more useful gamewise.  For example; At present there is one version of pirates, but what if there was another option beside the turn pirates on or off for the game that allowed you 2 choices.  First, normal pirates on/off.. or Second, pirates at lvl 1-10.  Where as if you choose to play the game with pirates on say lvl 4, then you do not get the standard pirates that normally attack..Instead you would get pirates that have much more than a single asteroid with no resources.  Consider the potential for fun here, since there could randomly be games where you and an opponent soon realize you both need to join against the pirates to defeat them.

Another idea for pirates, why should they  only simply attack?......Why not have the option to choose what you want them to do for all that money we bid/pay them.  For example; when you win the bid, what if you are given 3 choices, perhaps 1)attack random planet, 2) attack specific planet 3)attack specific target (trade center/space station/cap shipfactory)

One last pirate idea (tiny one) Occasionally a named pirate and his fellow scurvy dogs could rise to power that NOONE can pay off!!!  He has his own agenda!

I agree with Nephilim about the need for more multiplayer game types....for example a who builds better/faster/further in a 45 min game with 2 players/100planets..... you could compete for better score in fast games that could/or could not involve combat.  OR have simple king of the hill/storm the fort type MP games.  Or who can capture the most planets in 30 minutes. So many types of MultiPlayer could be added.

And last but not least, if you self destruct a starbase then why not cap ships---- could be like a scuttle timer perhaps and a last ditch effort to do more damage to an enemy.  Also where are tractor beams and boarding/capturing ships (abandon/ancient alien/enemy ships)?  Oh yes, I do also like the above post about more planet types and even wondered if planetary defense cannons might ever be viable to the game.

Suggestions Cvon & Mvon

I think that no mather what they add, the should at least increase some of the lore in this game, so that it plays a larger part, then being 5 pages that we can just read out of a book as background story.

But here some ideals. First as it stands right now there are no non-military victories. If I have a lot of money , I build more warships, if I have more culture I have stronger ships and for tech ......... .......... ........... there has to be something.

So we have two ways to go from here. One is to add non-military victories, which is how ever other X4 game does it. Or just kee the military only victories, but add the able to get there a different number of ways.  The second one would be new and would require more thinking on the system you would need in order to reach this goal. 

By the way TohKlidan I like that picture your have for your profile.

Thx

Good idea, maybe also a new type of resource.

Some in the modding forums talked about fuel as a new resource.

Here my idea how it could work, as long as you have enough fuel (or maybe if you have a fuelship in your fleet) all ships travel faster and you can only harvest fuel at gas giants, suns and clouds.

some very good ideas guys... as for the planet upgrades ideas what i'd like to see is a planet based upgrade system like the game : Haegemonia Legions of iron. witch had a very good planet based upgrade system with i think would work very well in sins... very well indeed

as for other ideas ie pirates ect  i think the ideas above are awesome and hope to see so of them make the addon.

JUST A NOTE: i think that each race should have 1 ship of each class ie. frig, cruiser, battle ship, support ship, that is built with no drive system no defences and no weapons ect ect, and you can custom fit the ships to what you need them for witch costs you res, better weapons cost more better drive systems and jump drives cost more ect, maybe even some point defences ! make a unit cap on it for balance like 2 of each class and maybe you need to train it to access the ships, in the section where u upgrade your unit cap/cap ships. i think that would give SINS that added touch that most players are looking for and it would make for an even more tactical game as every player can make a task force of custom ships to fit there playing type and the role of the task there needed for .

what do ya think guys ???

Kat

I would love to see an updated diplomacy system after the spirit of Sid Meier's Alpha Centauri.  I loved that system, even though it feels fairly constraining now.  It did wonders for the feel and mood of that game, and it could do the same for Sins (particularly in light of the persistent lack of a campaign).

I think they should a Sid Meiers Alpha Centaui style story telling thing. You know how even though its 4x by strategy game, there is still a storyline that pops up based over the course of your actions? SOmething like that would be neat, but adapted to real time. It would be a nice way to flesh out the lore. Make it non-intrusive for those who don't care, but give the options for those who do.

The other thing I think Sins would benefit from is stronger non-direct military applications. Like spies, sabotage, blackmailing, extortion, so on. I also think it needs a way to allow diplomatic, culture, and economical players to win the game somehow. If they really wanted to make Sins the first real time 4x, then they definitely should give it more victory conditions... like cornering the global economy market, or something. It'd be awesome if a diplomatic player could be just as powerful as military player.

Why don't pirates attack trade ships like they should? Seeing as they are only in it for the money and that's what pirates do. This would affect your economy until you dealt with it.