Has been talked about before, but I have grown a bit tired of just having four. I want one or two more resources to gather. I’m not a fan of gathering intangible resources in RTS video games (like knowledge, culture, etc.). I like seeing my villagers gathering tangible objects and carrying them to and fro.
Some brainstormed ideas. I’d just want one or two, not all:
- Silver (another mine type)
- Marble (a special mine or quarry)
- Diamonds, rubies, gems (special, quite rare mines)
- Hardwoods (special, rare trees)
- Raw textile stuff (to make different cloth fabrics and such)
- Etc.
And they could contribute in different ways… tech research, building/unit construction, wonder construction, etc. Things that will or could affect your military or economic power.
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I’ve also wanted the ability to do late-game things to customize my empire when playing against the AI… when the game is pretty much over and you’re dragging it out for fun. I often want to make my empire look cool and personalized (build flags, paths, cobblestone paths, torches, cemeteries, aqueducts, fountains, pillars, etc. wherever I want), but we’re limited in AoE2 with just more of the same buildings we’ve made all game, walls, and towers. My idea would use assets that are already in the game, as there are a lot of 3D assets in campaigns that we never see in matches. I want to be able to use those assets as cosmetic things I could build in matches.
- These extra cosmetic things wouldn’t appear until you research a certain tech or a fifth age… and go ahead and make it super expensive to access. When you’re in late game and just having fun, having 50,000 gold or 100,000 wood on-hand is common in AoE2. Go ahead and make the fifth age cost, say, 30K gold and 50K wood, or something. It’s a ‘for fun’ part of the game anyways… and gives you reason to keep having fun clearing forests, mining all the mines on the map, and making 100 farms.
- And, to circle it back around to your thread… to build some of this cosmetic stuff – which is not meant to add to your military or economic power; it’s just to make your empire ‘your own’ cool empire – having another resource or two could come in handy for this, too.