phungus420
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As I see it there are a couple of issues with the industrial period, some of which relate to BtS, but are exhasperbated by LoR changes. First and foremost is that the technologies are kind of railroaded into necessary techs, you simply cannot advance without Steam Power, Steel, and Scientific Method. While this may be accurate historically, from a game dev standpoint it's not good to force players to do things. I'd like to have the tech tree opened up a bit in the Industrial period to allow for more customization in research paths and more novel strategies. Second is the steamships, the poll has been up a bit and it seems you the users have spoken, so the Protected Cruiser is staying. However I still feel the Steamship navies should be tweaked a bit to achieve a more logical and intuitive balance.
So I'd like to discuss ideas on how to achieve these two goals for the Industrial period:
1) Open up the tech tree research paths
2) Tweak the Steam ship units for better balance.
Specific suggestions are preffered. I'm usually pretty good at this sort of thing, but I'm a bit stumped, but it's more the specifics I'm stumped on, not grand ideas.
So I'd like to discuss ideas on how to achieve these two goals for the Industrial period:
1) Open up the tech tree research paths
2) Tweak the Steam ship units for better balance.
Specific suggestions are preffered. I'm usually pretty good at this sort of thing, but I'm a bit stumped, but it's more the specifics I'm stumped on, not grand ideas.