Updates we really need post-April patch

[MATTBUSHAOE2]

It’s been a wild since people are asking this but please could it be possible to have the “option” to have cameras location hotkeys?
After 30min game time “go back to the last notification” and “return to previous view” start to be inaccurate because of the too much going on every where on the map.

The last adition of hottkeys select all blacksmith, market and university was a nice step ahead keep on making the game mecanics more efficient and attractive it will benefit the game.
Have a nice day,

Matthieu

*Forgive my english I am French

[MATTBUSHAOE2]

I just realised that the “guard” and “follow” option in army formation could not be apply to a selection of units.
ex : i want my crossbows to guard or follow my pikemen isn t possible however my crossbows can guard or follow one among all of them. But if the pikeman I choose (randomly) to be guard or follow die! The previous stand isn t applying over the rest of the pikeman.
I think it could be nice to apply the stand to a selection of units ard to a ctrl group.

[Hardform]

@TheConqueror42

stimated queuing time: there should be an estimated weight time for a game, based on the server, number of people queuing, and number of map bans. This could be based on existing data which (I assume) Microsoft keeps on this sort of thing.

But there is one, yes? I don’t understand what you want, if what you want is already there.

Very odd.

@TheConqueror42

This would allow players to play arabia only or whatever other map they most enjoy.

And this kind of behavior should not ever be endorsed. Current system is light years better.

@TheConqueror42

Joint random civ option: implement an option which, if both players agree, ensures they both have random civs. This could be done at the moment by just asking the other player, but this is more cumbersome than just having a button to press. Not sure if this would work best as an option at the map ban stage or just during the civ-pick stage, but either way it would be a great addition which would promote more civ variety in ranked games.

This could be good, the opposing players don’t need a chat between themselves (however in team ranked queue there should be a chat introduced so that teammates can talk with each other BEFORE a game is found), there could just be a button that you click and if the other one clicks it too, its confirmed and you can’t back away from it anymore. While doing this, you could also separately pick a civ or put it on random civ or mirror, just like you can now, in case the other one does not accept the joint random civ option.

@TheConqueror42

Enduring lobbies: after an unranked lobby game, players should be returned to the same lobby so they can replay the same settings, change teams, or adjust map as desired. It is very common to rematch after playing a game, or for a crash or drop to occur and hence need to reload the same settings. Implementing this setting would greatly improve the experience of unranked lobby games.

Neat idea, but I feel making it happen would be a whole lot of work right now, probably in the future. Actually more than this I’d want the lobbies to remember my past settings, so if I played some custom map just now, the lobby would have that custom map setup as the map option the next time too, so I don’t always need to go through the hassle of finding it again from my custom map list. Also the lobby should remember which mod I used the last time, too. Too many settings need to be fiddled all over again when the game crashes or someone drops right now and you have to rehost, it should be much easier, just host the lobby and wait for the people to join back.

@TheConqueror42

Autobalance teams: a button that would take all players currently in an unranked lobby and place them into roughly balanced teams on the basis of their elo (either individual or team elo, whichever would be more effective). Obviously this wouldn’t be perfect, but could be a starting point that players could manually tweak. This would save a lot of team trying to manually balance teams when setting up matches.

Since 1v1 and teamranked elo’s don’t even correlate with each other, this wouldn’t work too good. You can already see the people’s elos from their profiles in the lobby right now and do the math yourself if you feel so, except not everyone who plays lobbies even have a ranked elo.

@TheConqueror42

ake chat visible: fix the bug (I assume its a bug and not a design choice?) whereby chat is hidden in recorded games and in spectated games. This means that casters miss a lot of the fun banter that can sometimes really add a lot of fun to games.

Atleast all chat (with *) should be visible to spectators, agreed.

@TheConqueror42

Capture Age: we really need an improved interface for casting. The Capture Age interface developed for Hidden Cup 3 is great. The devs should seriously consider just paying these guys to implement a system that’s directly incorporated into the main game. If this is not possible, many of the same features can be implemented in a new system. This would dramatically increase the ability of casters to follow developments in games and add to the enjoyment of viewers.

But they are considering, no?

@TheConqueror42

Fix spectating: apparently it is not possible to sit in a game lobby as a spectator. This feature should be implemented so that casters don’t have to wait for a game to start, then find it in the lobby browser, only to have to catch up to the action.

Indeed. Right now if a caster wants to see any chat, he has to join the game and resign at the start. However this makes unbalanced games cause now there’s a slot on the map that has free resources for the caster’s neighbours to collect, giving those 2 players an advantage.

@TheConqueror42

Regional monks: add in Islamic and Buddhist regional variations of the standard monk for use by the appropriate civs. These were found in voobly userpatch, and really added to my immersion of actually playing that civilization - I find it very odd to make obviously Christian monks as Saracens or Chinese. The American civs already have regional monks, and I notice that the ‘Imam’ unit skin already exists in the campaigns , so this should be a fairly easy change to make.

Yes, and fix the monk with a relic for all these variations (and hero units) too so they don’t switch to the normal monk model (and stats) when they are carrying a relic.

@TheConqueror42

hip sinking animations: update the sinking animations of the galley line and fireship line. All the other ships (or at least most of the others, might have missed a few unique units) have updated and much-improved sinking animations for DE, but for some reason the most commonly used ships still have the old ones from HD. The new animations are so much better, and make sinking a ship more satisfying!

Atleast ship sails should get their idle animations back. Right now the sails are fixed into whatever stance they are at, which looks quite stupid.

@TheConqueror42

Proper corpse decay: I have always hated the way corpses currently just sink into the ground (quite quickly too). The old game had actual decay where corpses turn into skeletons. I would love to see this implemented in to DE. It gives a much better sense of the actual carnage associated with big battles.

At least for this, there are mods already.

@TheConqueror42

Improved zoom: Currently the furthest one can zoom in and out is tied to one’s monitor resolution. I don’t see any good reason for this, and means that you can’t zoom out far to get a decent overview of one’s empire unless you have a 4k monitor. I would like to see the maximal zoom in and out levels the same regardless of monitor size, and potentially adjustable via a slider in settings. This would enable players to get the most value out of the improved graphics without having to have an expensive monitor.

There is a slider that controls this. However I too would enjoy an even larger slider option. However if this is not possible for some reason, so be it.

However I would like to have more option for the UI scaling, specifically the selected unit icons are just too small for me even at 125%. The slider could go to 150%.

@TheConqueror42

Manned siege units: okay so this one is just a pet peeve of mine that may be better suited to a user mod, but its always annoyed me that trebuchets, scorpions, and mangonels just move themselves around as if they were possessed by a ghost or something. With DE graphics can we not give them at least one operator like the bombard cannon? I understand many people will not like the change to unit design because they are so used to the old version, so have it as an optional download or something. I just would really love to see this!

Yeah go and mod this one. Devs wont be wasting time on it.

@TheConqueror42

Increase the selection limit from 60 to at least 100. There’s little reason to maintain a lower number.

Probably has to do with formations and how bad they already work sometimes with 60 units. I actually thought that one would get upgraded even more with DE but realised it might not work as one just imagines it to work. I rather keep it 60 and let them solve the pathfinding issues instead.

@TheConqueror42

and only by selecting a map mode which hides all the non-military units and buildings.

You already want to use this superior map mode anyways to actually see where your and your allies units are scattered around. Yeah, I guess it could be nice to see that information all the time but the UI is pretty filled and again, I think devs could use their time on more important issues.

[AceCard32543944]

About regional monks, I strongly agree… seeing a Christian monk exiting from a Buddhist temple (or a mosque) looks really weird.

But no, I don’t agree to the “enemy” argument. Turk incursions from the sea had been a constant to my own town in the Middle Ages, but why I shouldn’t play as them? History works like this…

[RadiatingBlade]

Please stay on-topic with genuine suggestions and feedback to be incorporated with the next update to the game.

[PeakHornet46539]

@TheConqueror42

Regional monks: add in Islamic and Buddhist regional variations of the standard monk for use by the appropriate civs. These were found in voobly userpatch, and really added to my immersion of actually playing that civilization - I find it very odd to make obviously Christian monks as Saracens or Chinese. The American civs already have regional monks, and I notice that the ‘Imam’ unit skin already exists in the campaigns , so this should be a fairly easy change to make.

There was also an African Monk unit icon created. It is possible the developers have a model for this, like they have for the King and Merchant. Regional Queens should be added too.

[AceCard32543944]

I would propose a step further. Buildings, ships and kings are regionalized, so, why not completing the task, regionalizing not only monks but every unit?

[MatCauthon3]

probably something that could be paid dlc or tied to an invent and slowly rolled out.

[Mahazona]

Many players wanted regional units for decades now,look how popular unit skin mods are in Vanilla HD and DE.
If you can identify buildings and kings no reason you cant identify unit skins.

[AceCard32543944]

Sure, also purists could not agree. But, why not adding it as an option which could be enabled or disabled?

[PeakHornet46539]

Someone needs to adjust the Gazelle to make it smaller. It looks enormous next to the deer, which is also too small.