First off all you all did a great job, developing this game. This game is 1000 times better than the vanilla game. Thank you very much. And let me share some of my ideas:
Idea: river boats
Great rivers like Amazonas and Mississippi had major importance in exploration and colonial transportation, but now in the game the rivers have only industrial effect (increasing production).
We have three kind of water tiles now: ocean cost and lake. Adding two other water tiles could increase the fun: deep river and shallow river.
Adding river boats (some from civ4 BTS ROM) would be also necessary. For example:
1. Canoe: exploration, can access coast, cargo space 0, move 3, strength 1;
2. Raft: early transport, can access coast, transport troops only, cargo space 2, move 2, strength 1;
3. Raft ferry: transport wagon train, cargo space 3, move 1, strength 1;
4. Galley: escort, can access coast, cargo space 1, move 3, strength 3;
5. Barge: river transport, cargo space 3, move 3, strength 2
6. Paddle steamer: multipurpose, cargo space 3, move 3, strength 3
7. Steam ferry: transport train and wagon train, cargo space 3, move 1, strength 1
Additional rules: All river boats could access shallow and deep river, fishing boats could access shallow river, other existing ships could access only deep river, but galleons and man-o-wars could not access even deep river. River boats should not survive storms on coast tiles. Specific Indian tribes should have raft and/or canoes. Inuit special unit: kayak.
Idea: work camp
Sometimes I would like to exploit a material in the middle of nowhere and I do not need a hole city, but I have only slaves. In this time the work camp could help very well.
Work camp is a city that can use only the tile where you build it. You cannot build buildings in work camps. Only Prisoner Indian and African slaves could build work camp.
Idea: mule transport
We need an effective way of transport if we have work camps in the middle of nowhere, or if we want to trade with natives or want to transport something.
Mule: can transport treasure, troops and cargo, ignore terrain movement cost, can access mountains, transport cargo space 1, move 2, strength 1.
not possible any more
