thelibra
Future World Dictator
I realize with the game going Alpha by now, this is probably at best, wishful thinking, but it might not be too late to get it in an expansion, so here goes:
A number of people have mentioned they liked the Palaces of previous iterations of Civ and miss them in Civ4. Likewise, Civ Revolutions introduced one of my wife's favorite features, the Trophy Room. To that end, I would like to suggest something that plays off of both concepts for something new...
The Oval Office/Throne Room/The Prime Minister's Office/etc...
Basically, it's the room you govern your nation from, and as you hit various milestones you can choose decor for it (like nice oak desk, desk made of skulls of your fallen enemies, desk covered in battle maps with markers, etc...) or for various achievements, you get a trophy of some sort for it (fancy old-fashioned globe for proving the world was round, bear-skin rug for hooking up the furs resource, etc), and a sword case to display the swords of Great Generals defeated in battle (or if GGs don't exist, then swords to represent defeated nations).
If one really wanted to make it even more intricate, the cultural social choices bought throught the new culture system could determine what was available to choose from, or how a particular trophy might look.
Granted this is an aspect of the game that has absolutely nothing to do with gameplay, and I'm sure a number of people could care less if such a thing existed, but I suspect there's probably enough of us that if it were included in an expansion, we'd get it for that feature alone (plus the cool new civs of course).
A number of people have mentioned they liked the Palaces of previous iterations of Civ and miss them in Civ4. Likewise, Civ Revolutions introduced one of my wife's favorite features, the Trophy Room. To that end, I would like to suggest something that plays off of both concepts for something new...
The Oval Office/Throne Room/The Prime Minister's Office/etc...
Basically, it's the room you govern your nation from, and as you hit various milestones you can choose decor for it (like nice oak desk, desk made of skulls of your fallen enemies, desk covered in battle maps with markers, etc...) or for various achievements, you get a trophy of some sort for it (fancy old-fashioned globe for proving the world was round, bear-skin rug for hooking up the furs resource, etc), and a sword case to display the swords of Great Generals defeated in battle (or if GGs don't exist, then swords to represent defeated nations).
If one really wanted to make it even more intricate, the cultural social choices bought throught the new culture system could determine what was available to choose from, or how a particular trophy might look.
Granted this is an aspect of the game that has absolutely nothing to do with gameplay, and I'm sure a number of people could care less if such a thing existed, but I suspect there's probably enough of us that if it were included in an expansion, we'd get it for that feature alone (plus the cool new civs of course).