Mechanics Brainstorm

[Previously]

One thing I'd like to see is a way to see which specific city states you put an embassy in. Sometimes I forget where I placed them and don't want to necessarily conquer a city state with my embassies located there.

If you mouse over a City-State, it'll tell you if an embassy was placed. If you mouse over the tile which has the embassy, it'll tell you which civ it belongs to.

 

[rsc2a]

If you mouse over the tile which has the embassy, it'll tell you which country it belongs to.

Ahh...after many, many hours of playing, I still did not know this.

 

[4CV]

Ability of garrisoned ranged ships to shot out of their city. (Not really new, but could we get it back?) Edit: Only if the AI can/will use it to defend their cities better.

 

[black213]

Would it be mechanically possible to make instant city yields being accounted for as part of city unhappiness calculation?

 

[usadefcon1]

- Option for quick movement only for Civs you are NOT currently at war with.

- Option to Autolock all GPTI and resources from the City Screen so I don't have to do it myself.

- When someone offers you a trade it should tell you how much of the total resource you have.

- City States should ignore scouts when calculating tribute.

- After defensive buildings, puppets should produce Defense if not at 100%HP, then wealth if the empire is losing money.

- Give the player the ability to choose their official religion with a 30 turn cooldown (think Constantine's Rome). If you pick a minority religion you will naturally generate unhappiness. Could allow for your official religion to be traded on the trade screen with an embassy.

 

[Recursive]

Option for quick movement only for Civs you are NOT currently at war with.

The Quick Turns modmod does this.

 

[rsc2a]

A couple of the mods that I always use because they add variety without changing the functionality, or they add basic functionality that I think should be standard:

Commander Influence Borders
Random City Names
Small Resource Icons
Religious Spread Map
Reforestation for VP
Diplomacy Extended

I also always include No More Tech Tree Beelining because it makes logical sense to me (with me personally setting at two columns of "reach") but that mod might be a bit more debatable. I could see including it as an checked option that could be turned on or off.

 

[HorseshoeHermit]

Vision, like movement, can't be reduced below 1 (I tried). It seriously limits the utility of such a mechanic.

What about trade units?