Suggestions Thread ~ Leave your God Characters at the door.

[Orinsul]

possibly terrible, possibly brilliant idea
artifacts can be named after people right?
What if, a necromancer or any other bad wizard, could have a chance on murdering someone to gain an artifact with is a black soul gem named 'the soul of (victim's name)'

 

[TheMeGaMaN]

Here's some small suggestions:

1. Make theocracy characters (priors, priests) spawn with the priest specialization (lvl 1-3) and allow them to upgrade the specialization passively through their job events (charity, proselytise)

2. Allow good enough mages (lvl 2-4) to practice certain specializations on their own (much slower than in a guild, would even require money for research material)
2.b Could probably expand this to all areas and their specializations in some form or way.

3. Combat traits (inspiring leader...) should be limited to max 3 per type or else the UI needs a rework to accompany more of them.
3.b (Fix) to the combat trait upgrading. Right now you get a bunch of lvl 1 combat traits and you cant upgrade them.

4. An event to make sure that the Arch-Mage of the mages guild would always gain the mages guild duchy to keep it from falling to random courtiers with martial focus.
4.b Maybe even an event where the council votes a new arch-mage.

5. Make AI much more likely to join same culture/religion rulers vs invading foreigners in defensive wars. This would make invading other provinces much harder until you unite the province you're already in.
Seeing Skingrad expanding to Elsweyr or Anvil expanding to Hammerfell before they have even united their own kingdom seems immersion killing.

 

[_Arzakon_]

Here's some small suggestions:

2. Allow good enough mages (lvl 2-4) to practice certain specializations on their own (much slower than in a guild, would even require money for research material)
2.b Could probably expand this to all areas and their specializations in some form or way.

I'm pretty sure adventuring, once fleshed out, would be the way to raise your skills without being part of a guild, the same way you can upgrade your education level battling foes during wars (which is vanilla, anyway).

 

[An Elder Thing]

Don't know if this has been suggested, probably has, but doesn't hurt to bring this up. But given that we have new Chinese holdings (and Tibetan), that we might replace the Akaviri ones with them? Don't think the Mongol ones fit for Akaviri humans as well as Chinese ones do.

 

[EmperorG]

Don't know if this has been suggested, probably has, but doesn't hurt to bring this up. But given that we have new Chinese holdings (and Tibetan), that we might replace the Akaviri ones with them? Don't think the Mongol ones fit for Akaviri humans as well as Chinese ones do.

Sounds good, the other Akaviri races all have unique holding art already, so I wouldn't mind seeing the Akaviri humans getting some Chinese or Tibetan holding art. I'm thinking Tibetan since from what little we've seen of Akaviri architecture (The Blades buildings), they sure do seem to like building on top of mountains.

 

[Cianog]

Can we get gender distinguishing portraits for some races such as sload. It's very irritating for me anyway. Same with elf children if I remember right.

 

[LordInsane]

The Sload seem strange to call out given they lorewise are believed to not have genders.

 

[Korbah]

Can we get gender distinguishing portraits for some races such as sload. It's very irritating for me anyway. Same with elf children if I remember right.

Sload are hermaphroditic, much like some other gastropods, and mer already have gendered child portraits.

 

[TheDarkMaster]

Isn't there a specific background colour on the children to help distinguish their sex?

 

[Cianog]

In lore sloads are one gender yeah but gameplay wise really annoying trying to distinguish

Sload are hermaphroditic, much like some other gastropods, and mer already have gendered child portraits.

 

[hiigara128]

SO IDK what the status/plan is for Morrowind (IE; if the current tribute system is permanent or a placeholder) but after playing AGOT for a while and looking at some of the old files I have an idea for the province.

AGOT has managed to create a playable theocracy (not entirely sure how but I think it involves both temple and castle holdings) so that could be used as a base (assuming that the AGOT team OKs it) to make the Tribunal temple playable. They haven't created any kind of special succession (it's just open unknown, the default for theocracies and non merchant republic cities), so that could be left or the current papal-style elective succession could be used (though maybe limit holders to those with a Great house trait?).

Now to simulate the Great Council, something similar to what I think was used earlier could be done: make five Councillor titles reserved for each great house and limit the holder to whomever has the Great House title; ie only the Grandmaster of House Hlaalu can hold the Hlaalu Councillor seat. The Tribunal Temple leader would either hold an empire-level title with the great houses as vassals or the Great houses are reduced to duke-level (at this point the only existing duke title is Ebonheart so a reduction not entirely unreasonable).

I think this would be the best bet to properly simulate Morrowind under the existing game mechanics. Thoughts?

 

[hiigara128]

I don't think a handful of 10-15 county mega duchies is the way to go. The multitude of duchies worked better with the old Kingdom -> High Kingdom mechanic, but since the AI can't figure that out (IIRC) it's not coming back. I'd rather the current map than a Cyrodiil with 7 duchies in it or whatever.

The big duchies would only be able to be added if the base game devs added in support for another tier of titles.

What about a middle ground? Like if the player is say High King of Skyrim and controls the entire de-jure Kingdom you get a decision to create the traditional holds of the Realm, which reduces the de-jure duchies to the nine holds and makes the other duchies titular. It would let the player chose their preference for either mega-duchies or the current existing ones and end the back and forth debate. Or would this not be possible due to the AI issues with shifting de-jure titles that ended the High Kingdom system?

 

[HandicapdHippo]

Unless it changed recently from what I recall changing the counties in De Jure duchies doesn't work properly and reverts everything the game is restarted.

 

[EmperorG]

Unless it changed recently from what I recall changing the counties in De Jure duchies doesn't work properly and reverts everything the game is restarted.

I think they fixed that at some point, sure was annoying to deal with for a long time though.

 

[Orinsul]

The Reach i think is one that could be split off into a different de-jure kingdom but with an option for conquering Nords to make it de jure skyrim?
It doesnt make sense for a non-nord conqueror to keep it part of skyrim, is an easy place to break up a mega vassal into a manageable one and having a completely different culture ruling over another that has historical issues for it is asking for trouble.
or else have a decision to break it off from skyrim if you're a non-nord emperor and control both.

 

[TheMeGaMaN]

I noticed something really weird about creating the Empire of Tamriel.
You need to personally hold 3 high kingdoms. I always thought that you simply need to have them created in your realm in order to form the Empire.
The problems rise when you conquer lands as the Empire of Cyrodiil and manage your realms well giving High Kingdoms to vassals when necessary. Having to revoke them back simply to create the Empire seems immersion breaking and gamey.
Also this requirement makes it practically impossible for AI to have 3 high kingdoms on them at a single given time as the AI doesn't keep multiple kingdom titles when it has an Empire.
Would be much better if the requirement is to have 3 high kingdoms in your realm rather than on you exclusively.

 

[Netris]

I noticed something really weird about creating the Empire of Tamriel.
You need to personally hold 3 high kingdoms. I always thought that you simply need to have them created in your realm in order to form the Empire.
The problems rise when you conquer lands as the Empire of Cyrodiil and manage your realms well giving High Kingdoms to vassals when necessary. Having to revoke them back simply to create the Empire seems immersion breaking and gamey.
Also this requirement makes it practically impossible for AI to have 3 high kingdoms on them at a single given time as the AI doesn't keep multiple kingdom titles when it has an Empire.
Would be much better if the requirement is to have 3 high kingdoms in your realm rather than on you exclusively.

Isn't it a vanilla restriction though ?

 

[TheDarkMaster]

Isn't it a vanilla restriction though ?

No, the vanilla requirement to create an empire through the normal interface is to either have two kingdom titles or already own an empire title. Creating Tamriel, and all the empires in this mod for that matter, are done through decisions with custom written requirements.

 

[Netris]

No, the vanilla requirement to create an empire through the normal interface is to either have two kingdom titles or already own an empire title. Creating Tamriel, and all the empires in this mod for that matter, are done through decisions with custom written requirements.

Oh yeah you're right. It's been a long time since I played vanilla ^^ It got me confused

 

[YeaHToasT]

Are you guys going to make 4E playable, with skyrim rebellion and maybe 2nd great war? ;D