Custom or static titles?

[Sapidianus]

I've put up a small poll to see what people prefer: static ruler titles you can't change or custom ones you can change during the game.

http://www.strawpoll.me/10079514

 

[SirRoderick]

Well customisable is objectively better, even if you want the static ones it's just an extra option.

 

[Sapidianus]

Well customisable is objectively better, even if you want the static ones it's just an extra option.

The only question is if it's easy enough to code. I presume it's not much harder to implement than leader and empire name customization.

 

[SirRoderick]

The only question is if it's easy enough to code. I presume it's not much harder to implement than leader and empire name customization.

Not that hard, no, but since wer'e so close to release it makes more sense for something like this to be included in a patch after some (probably needed) bugfixing. Bugs are way higher priority especially just after release.

 

[Morloran]

Funny how this thread is really quiet, but the reddit thread is quite busy.

I'm all for more customization, its a good thing to include (probably in a later patch, indeed) even if some players don't intend to use it. Perfect for the story-creation that is any paradox grand strategy game!

 

[[Q]uik]

I mean..
Custom - if it means that the game still choses a title, and I can change it later
If you mean custom as in i have to use a custom title, then static...
That said - I don't really care either way ^^

 

[shoki]

Well customisable is objectively better, even if you want the static ones it's just an extra option.

That's not entirely true, because customization could affect a good multiplayer experience with stupid ruler titles of enemys, while static ones wouldn't (On the other hand, that is already the case because of customization of empire and leader names....).

 

[OtsegoGhost]

so long as I don't have to come up with a title every time.
Maybe sometimes I just want to be told what I am.

 

[Morloran]

That's not entirely true, because customization could affect a good multiplayer experience with stupid ruler titles of enemys, while static ones wouldn't (On the other hand, that is already the case because of customization of empire and leader names....).

As you said, they already can with species name, homeplanet name, empire name, federation name, ship name etc etc... Being able to customize the ruler title does not give trolls that much more extra space to work with.

 

[chassepatrick]

I'll be interested to hear what any devs have to say on this... Why did they not choose to implement custom titles from the beginning? I would hazard a guess that it's for a gameplay reason? Maybe it's harder to see what a government is with custom titles:

"oh look Piggily ploompotmous of the squillyquilly qualilyanity..." doesn't exactly give you an idea of what type of empire they are and whether they're an advanced one...

I don't know... I think it would be good if it is default but you can double click on it to change it (like province names in EUIV)

 

[Duarte]

why would 415 vote for static titles?

 

[Sapidianus]

That's not entirely true, because customization could affect a good multiplayer experience with stupid ruler titles of enemys, while static ones wouldn't (On the other hand, that is already the case because of customization of empire and leader names....).

Also a good MP game will have rules to prevent troll names and good GMs to enforce those rules.

 

[Ziffallo]

Customizable. Best of both worlds.

 

[Sapidianus]

I'll be interested to hear what any devs have to say on this... Why did they not choose to implement custom titles from the beginning? I would hazard a guess that it's for a gameplay reason? Maybe it's harder to see what a government is with custom titles:

"oh look Piggily ploompotmous of the squillyquilly qualilyanity..." doesn't exactly give you an idea of what type of empire they are and whether they're an advanced one...

I don't know... I think it would be good if it is default but you can double click on it to change it (like province names in EUIV)

We see the actual government form anyway and I believe that devs didn't implement it for the same reason empire names and leader names were customizable before.

 

[CocoCincinnati]

I'm not one who worries too much about entering my own title so I'm fine with the static ones myself. However, I understand other people like that sort of thing so it's no skin off my nose if the option is available (as long as adding it in doesn't detract from something else in the game, and I can't imagine that it would).

 

[Cdawg00]

Such a silly poll. Obviously the majority of the user base is going to opt for customization since it only adds options to the already existing static titles.

 

[Sapidianus]

Such a silly poll. Obviously the majority of the user base is going to opt for customization since it only adds options to the already existing static titles.

Just because you think that something is obvious, doesn't mean it's obvious to other people. Devs didn't make leader names customizable until AngryJoe suggested it to them.

 

[Jia Xu]

why would 415 vote for static titles?

Because you'll be able to mod in your own government types with their own titles anyway. It's really a non-issue, IMO.

 

[unittype]

Multiplayer abuse could be fixed by allowing this explicitly in the options of the game. Like chosing which DLCs should be used etc.

 

[Sapidianus]

Because you'll be able to mod in your own government types with their own titles anyway. It's really a non-issue, IMO.

What if I want to change my title midgame? Peter the Great changed his from Tsar to Emperor when he decided to make Russia more western-friendly and Khrushev changed General Secretary to First Secretary after he rose to power.