Multiplayer Enhancement : Rep Indicator

[DisruptiveIdiot]

I want to see my advisor telling me how many times a player has broken a deal in their multiplayer career. I want to know if the person I'm dealing with is honorable and can be trusted. I want to know if they have attacked before declaring war! If I don't get this I'll never make a 20 turn deal in multiplayer again

 

[Chieftess]

It would be quite hard to implement, since you'd need a whole 'nother engine and database at Gamespy. Not to mention, you'll need passwords and such for the usernames in the MP Lobby (not just GameSpy). Maybe in Civ4. Someone could make a "rep indicator" on a site (php/MySQL), but people would abuse it by giving a good player a bad rep.

 

[DisruptiveIdiot]

Well gamespy sucks(in my opinion) anyway! Why can't Firaxis divert a few resources to host Civ games on their own servers? Westwood Stuodios does it. Blizzard Entertainment does it. WHY?! With their own servers they could code this feature with ease and host their own database.