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I'm not very experienced with mods and only know the most famous ones, so I wanted to find some mods that:

- Introduce ships similar to the UNSC ships from Halo

- Add a larger and more diverse range of industries to the game; I know a mod called Ashes of the Domain does this, but it leans heavily into high-tech, which isn't the style I want to play with my faction

So, I don't think I need to explain Empire Mode, but for those who don't know: it was a mode introduced in Planetfall where the player continuously playerd and expanded across multiple planets, earning rewards with each conquest that carried over to future playthroughs , and for a lot of people (myself included), it was one of the coolest things about Planetfall,and right now, that mode is exclusive to it , so, i decided to imagine what an improved version for AOW4 might look like:

Just a few addendums: all of this is pure speculation and imagination—it’s not a list of demands for the developers or anything like that. Also, I’m assuming the Astral Sea is meant to be interpreted like the Warp from Warhammer 40k or something similar and the realms as planets inside the astral sea; if I’m wrong, I apologize.

-THE ASTRAL SEA MAP:

The Astral Sea map is where we will view our domain (regions and realms already conquered) as well as our upcoming conquests. The map will be divided into regions; regions are sections of the Astral Sea containing a series of interconnected realms that must be conquered.

As mentioned, regions are essentially small sections of the Astral Sea containing a series of interconnected realms—all of which must be secured. Like planets, regions can possess traits, but these regional traits affect every planet within them. We will discuss later how conquering a region differs from conquering a realm.

Realms are exactly what we already have and can play, so, like, I have nothing to add.

-CONQUEST AND REWARDS:

As we expand our domain across regions and realms, we will be able to acquire two types of rewards:

-Imperial Rewards: These are rewards that affect all future campaigns and all heroes. They can include access to items, tomes, units, production bonuses, and more (perhaps even relics—at least one for each lord type currently available?). They are guaranteed upon conquering a region, and certain specific realms can also grant Imperial Rewards.

-Regional Rewards: These are essentially like Imperial Rewards but are exclusive to the realms within a specific region; every realm in the region provides Regional Rewards when conquered

-Imperial Capacity: This is essentially like Planetfall Imperial Prestige, but it is based on the number of realms you possess. You use it to gain access to units, summon lords/heroes, and more

Empire Maker/Customization;

This is the part I really wanted to get to: the ways we could customize our empire (in Planetfall, we could basically only change our name, flag, and a brief description).

-Ruler Selection: The player would choose a leader to become their empire's ruler. Depending on their culture or alignment, there could be selectable global bonuses that can be swapped as needed, in addition to the ability to summon the ruler into any realm using Imperial Capacity.

-Cultural and species preferences: cultural preference can grant you relationship bonuses with the selected culture—and penalties with others—during your campaigns (for example, if you choose the "Reavers" culture—or any of its subcultures—you would gain relationship bonuses with rulers of that culture and suffer worsened relations with leaders from Dark and Mystic cultures). The same applies to species preference; these options are intended more for roleplay than strictly for gameplay mechanics, so I think they should be optional rather than mandatory

-Post-Conquest of a Realm:

After one of our rulers conquers a realm, we might face a quick decision before moving on to the next one—specifically, choosing how the realm will be administered following the conquest. A brief prompt would appear, offering options based on the culture of your primary ruler and the culture of the specific ruler you played as.

Something like:

"Feudal: Entrust the realm to the custody of the remaining feudal lords of the realm"

"(Future Culture) Mercantile: Place the realm under the control of the empire's princes and merchants."

This choice could offer a reward or a similar benefit, but honestly, I’m suggesting it primarily for roleplay purposes and to give realms a sort of "epilogue"

So that's it, i know none of what I said should necessarily be expected to happen; it's just something I was imagining and wanted to share and so sorry for my english

This is just a thought I had after watching a compilation of planetary governors from the demo: I really hope that if we dislike a governor,whether they’re incredibly annoying and have unbearable traits or roleplay ,we can depose them. That could be done by literally seizing the world's capital, using edicts, or something similar,though, of course, at the cost of high Imperial suspicion

It’s been quite a while since we got the Breach of Trust DLC, and I think one undeniable valid complaint about it is the lack of additions to Utopia mode. (Unless they plan to add some of those mechanics in a future update for Breach of Trust owners—which I highly doubt—the warfare mechanics will likely remain locked to specific scenarios, or worse, restricted solely to Breach of Trust.) That got me thinking: would the community prefer the next DLC to focus on a single scenario, or on bringing more additions to Utopia mode?

First of all,I know, I know, i know,Wars of Suzerain literally JUST got revealed, but that doesn't change the fact that we can theorize and imagine a little bit.

Specifically regarding the possibility of exploring scenarios other than the Rumburg one (and honestly, I wouldn't be surprised if the game,unfortunately,ends up creating some Rumburg patriots), and given my (admittedly speculative) hunch that the game will tackle scenarios with a somewhat "canonical" outcome, it would be fascinating to use the game to explore other nations without needing to make a new DLC for Suzerain for example:

- The First War between Pales and Rizia, specifically from the palesian perspective. This would allow us to explore Pales more deeply while also giving us a chance to crush the Azaros and experience a more "favorable" view of Lespia/ATO.

- The war between Rumburg and the Kingdom of Erdmarg, from the Erdmarg side. This would let us explore Central Merkopa, get a deeper look at a new nation (Erdmarg), and experience a war focused on mountainous/alpine terrain (Erdmarg is described as having massive mountain ranges), which could offer interesting gameplay dynamics.

- A proxy war between the ATO and Contana that could explore Rika or something

I put this together quickly without overthinking it—just some ideas that came to mind when the game was announced (and please excuse my English).

I’m not sure if this is just a meme or "grimderp" , but is it true that when a world/region/subsector loses contact with the Imperium—whether due to lost warp routes or some other reason—the Administratum demands payment of the accumulated tithe for the entire time the world was isolated? Like, if a world was cut off for 200 years for some reason and eventually rediscovered, would the Administratum demand payment for those 200 years of tithes all at once? (So sorry for my english)

So, I finished the Breach of Trust campaign and personally enjoyed it. My favorite part was the beginning/first chapter where the focus was on negotiation and possible war with Aurora, with the rest of the campaign being okay to good (THE VOLCANO PART WAS REALLY COOL AND VERY STRESSFUL).

But what really interested me is the possibility of these two mechanics: Negotiation and war.

Negotiation was somewhat simple in the campaign, I won't lie, but it was still cool. I hope it's expanded in some way, either in future scenarios or in Utopia mode. Imagine a scenario where you have to deal with a real other city instead of a colony that rebelled and how this system could be expanded

The war mechanics were interesting, but what interested me MUCH MORE was the fact that Aurora was controlling outposts in the Frostlands. That's seriously so cool that I really hope it's explored again in the future. The war mechanics are okay, both the battalions themselves and the heavy weaponry—nothing extremely cool or innovative, but I still liked it.

I really just want to say that I hope 11Bits refines these mechanics (imagine, for example, a scenario where two cities are essentially in a Cold War, no pun intended, with the player city having to gradually establish new settlements in the Frostland to keep the other city in check, make real trade treaties and not just one-time deals, maybe negotiate settlements or something like that with the other city, that would be amazing) and bring them to Utopia mode (I imagine they would have to change them a bit, especially the war system; I would suggest that instead of us negotiating and waging war with cities that we can annex and build on, they could introduce unique settlements that function as "mini-nations" but that the player cannot build on as a colony if we manage to conquer them; this would also give the opportunity to add new unique settlements, which would be really cool).

I know I wrote quite a bit, but I just wanted to share some opinions on these mechanics specifically. Overall, I'd give the DLC a 7, but maybe an 7.5 if they fix the bugs. However, it has great potential for things that could be added or improved in the future.

So, I bought the DLC but unfortunately haven't been able to play much of it yet. I wanted to know, has anyone who's taken a look at it, if by any chance do the battalion and negotiation mechanics appear in Utopia mode?

Unfortunately, I don't have access to the new update yet (I only have Suzerain on the mobile version and the update hasn't reached us yet), and I really wanted to know what the new lore added to these countries is