General Aesthetic ideas!

[HarlequinLord]

I Posted this in the general discussion board however i may as well put it across to this forum (i didnt see it before)

The recent updates have brought alot of cool new features to the game as well as some nice little aesthetics (such as the gold when collected from the road going in a wave along the road not all at once). Though i do not know the route the devs will go down in future content i have a few little Aesthetic ideas that could be nice.
1. fixing buildings that dont have cultural identification. Such as garrisons, stables, towers and even walls. for the example of the oriental nations even adding corner ornaments and oriental roofs could add huge immersion.
2. nation/player banner, it has said for a while that a player will have personal info/card. having a customizable banner for you nation or flag could be awesome.
3. nation colour. it is nice having a simple blue vs red system, blue for you and red for enemy, however customizable colours for your nations could allow players to feel more connected to THEIR japan or THEIR Germany whilst versing another player of the same nation. playing as red/purple/green samurai would be unique. and if some sort of clan war is introduced in the future, collaborating with multiple Japans would help distinguish and even have a warlord feel with many japans under different banners and colours.
4. the trade boat aesthetic upgrading design as you go through ages, even unique to culture. Chinese junker, Japanese Bune, English Man o' war. would be a nice little touch if naval warfare isnt going to be utilised as for obvious difficulties, at least making the trade boat unique will be a nice touch.
5. purchasable nature aesthetics, trees, statues and other trinkets to "pretty" up empty space in base designs.

these things are not dire or of necessity, however ad ding them in small doses through future patches and content updates would make the game into a more personal immersive play.
what do people think? any ideas of more aesthetics?

 

[LioAx]

I would like to +1 HarlequinLord's request. The whole choose your own color for your nation and "red/purple/green samurai" idea especially. It was one of the features I loved most about classic games like Age of Empires II back in the day and it's definitely a small aesthetic touch that would add personalization as you mentioned.

In addition to your ideas:

1) I would also love to see something in the future where not everyone had the same "environment" surrounding their base. For example, the water on the south side of the screen and the mountain on the north side of the screen could be different. Not only that, but making it nation-specific would add an new immersive feel as well. Maybe the nations where it snows can have some snow on the ground or something of the sort.

2) To add to the whole color thing - Make it so you can have different colors for buildings as well. It would be wonderful to see British homes with red roofs and darker grey-ish walls. Maybe this can be a part of which "Color Swatch" you choose from when you choose your yellow/purple/red etc. Samurai. This could even be something that can be purchased with crowns (giving you guys even more $$), however if this is the way to go, I would suggest a little preview window where users can see more-or-less what their units will look like after they purchase their custom colors.

 

[HarlequinLord]

great idea LioAx!, I agree having people choose their environment would bee cool, having snowy or desert nations, or even having rotating season in game. even if it doesn't add a function to game play, it would be cool. And that is a great point with colour and building units, using crowns as payment, its would give more incentive for people to either save or purchase$$ crowns, this could even apply if you could pay to or unlock different environments!
Awesome idea!

 

[FirelordJoelle]

1+ to all ideas.

 

[Ixtrimer]

Thank you for that other people also care about aesthetics. I play this game a lot, do as many raids as possible, upgrade buildings, army, research new technologies... but everything I do is to have a nice and cool base. And this feature that you have different looks of similar buildings is something which I haven't see in any game of this type and makes this game unique. I am maybe a little bit disapointed that these army and defensive buildings look all the same, but I hope it will change soon. I agree with all your points, especially with the first and fith ones.

 

[Ixtrimer]

I would like to +1 HarlequinLord's request. The whole choose your own color for your nation and "red/purple/green samurai" idea especially.
This could even be something that can be purchased with crowns (giving you guys even more $$), however if this is the way to go, I would suggest a little preview window where users can see more-or-less what their units will look like after they purchase their custom colors.

I absolutely agree with you, If you could change your desing with crowns, I wouldn't hesitate and do it. Wouldn't be problem for me to give them money for such a thing like this.

 

[DotEXE]

+ Vouch. Uniqueness is important

 

[hEll0]

Wonderful ideas from you guys. +1 for everyone of them

 

[HarlequinLord]

Thank you for that other people also care about aesthetics. I play this game a lot, do as many raids as possible, upgrade buildings, army, research new technologies... but everything I do is to have a nice and cool base. And this feature that you have different looks of similar buildings is something which I haven't see in any game of this type and makes this game unique. I am maybe a little bit disapointed that these army and defensive buildings look all the same, but I hope it will change soon. I agree with all your points, especially with the first and fith ones.

i am with you all the way, i find the majority of my time in this game is spent on making my base symetrical and aesthetically pleasing. Picture attached is my layout. adding more aesthetics would only fuel the more artsy-players.

 

[Francois]

I also vote for HarlequinLord's request. If implemented it will add awesomeness to the game ..

 

[HarlequinLord]

If any one has any idea to add feel free. I have a few more aesthetics 1.)For Eastern nations; China/Japan the harvest trees could be a pinker hue, make cherry blossoms. 2.) nothing big, but some sort of custom weather or debre animation. Occasional leaves floating, wind or if zoomed out quasi-see through clouds. 3.)using dock go trade: trade goods or resource food for gold maximum 4% of what the players can hold in windmills/markets. Having trade animations delinking back to nation specific boats. Eg. Trading with an alliance member with Japan you see a Japanese bune. Trading with England a ship o' the line floats past. This is more mechanic than aesthetic but it would give more function to navy/trade I recognise at a point it will be to hard to r corporate as the IOS and android can only support so much. But it is something to think about if possible.

 

[Xx-Saber-xX]

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[peenerz]

+1, Glad to see I'm not the only one who wanted these ideas lol

 

[HarlequinLord]

Another good feature could be building rotation by 90 or 180 degree angles. so that buildings dont only face either left or right, so a player can have symmetry if they have farms on one side and the other and having them face two different directions. this would be an easy upate to include aswell as the model artwork is allready present. this feature should be an option on the building either when you select the building, or if base layout mode.

 

[finger]

The skin of the background could easily be swapped out for various themes. Hell Id pay for a gorgeous cosmetic background.

 

[VN-ELITE]

1. fixing buildings that dont have cultural identification. Such as garrisons, stables, towers and even walls. for the example of the oriental nations even adding corner ornaments and oriental roofs could add huge immersion.
2. nation/player banner, it has said for a while that a player will have personal info/card. having a customizable banner for you nation or flag could be awesome.

 

[Reyarch]

I agree with adding more customizability such as choosing the nation color, but there should be two different sets of colors to choose from such as dark colors for the defending base and light colors for the attacking base so the players are not confused about their units.

 

[Qscan]

I like the custom feel it has from choosing your country but I would like the change from upgrading from one erra to the next be a little less anticlimactic. Maybe if there was a short clip or something more interactive about the change in the ages like you need to click on each building to have it upgrade to the new erra so you can see the houses change ever so slightly. Guess thats not only about the look but this upgrade it pivotal.

 

[DomiNation Jason]

Woah all very well thought ideas! I support this 100%!