I think it'd be wonderful if the world map and faction interactions could be fleshed out more. My ideas would be more event based interaction with other factions, more insentive to go on caravan, more pack animals to make it easier to happen and maybe add some new techs that could help with food preservation and creation while on the caravan, like lets say, a tech for animal driven carts, you can bring along more weight with you, or you could strap on a fridge on them to be able to carry perishables.
i think its a shame that currently the caravan feature and the faction interractions are way more hassle than theyre worth. I'd love for the world map to be a way to make you feel like instead of your game being centered on your colony, it'd highlight the fact that you indeed are stuck on a foreign planet, you indeed are a part of the planet as much as the other factions.
another idea i had was, what if you added biome spesific goods, like exotic fruits that can only be grown in the jungle that give a mood buff or something or other. you could piggy back off of this idea and add the possibility of establishing trade routes between factions, where you get a discount on resources transported across that trade route, but it has a chance of being raided and your income source being weakened. it would add a layer of liveliness to the game.
you could also add a feature where you'd get factions or single settlements to join your faction, they could provide cheap goods and defence help, and you would need to supply them from time to time and maybe help with defence once youve researched launch pods.
my main complaint is just, the game still feels awfully centered around you. i want it to be more, i want to grow my faction to a planetary power, i want to feel apart of something bigger than just my own colony.
i think its a shame that currently the caravan feature and the faction interractions are way more hassle than theyre worth. I'd love for the world map to be a way to make you feel like instead of your game being centered on your colony, it'd highlight the fact that you indeed are stuck on a foreign planet, you indeed are a part of the planet as much as the other factions.
another idea i had was, what if you added biome spesific goods, like exotic fruits that can only be grown in the jungle that give a mood buff or something or other. you could piggy back off of this idea and add the possibility of establishing trade routes between factions, where you get a discount on resources transported across that trade route, but it has a chance of being raided and your income source being weakened. it would add a layer of liveliness to the game.
you could also add a feature where you'd get factions or single settlements to join your faction, they could provide cheap goods and defence help, and you would need to supply them from time to time and maybe help with defence once youve researched launch pods.
my main complaint is just, the game still feels awfully centered around you. i want it to be more, i want to grow my faction to a planetary power, i want to feel apart of something bigger than just my own colony.