I am not sure if this has been suggested in the past but here goes.
Terrain specific mapsk eeping the existing map, the existing layout but allow for selection of terrrain. Desert. Snow Mountains. Jungles. etc... These terrain elemetns can in turn effect affectiveness of units. Challenge of movement of certain units in sand/desert, terrain as would be possed in real world conflict. raiding units should not be verry effective in snow/ice terrain and so on for different terrain choices, this can be an early choice in the game and maybe event driven for existing players. Terrain changes in effect gives you element changes which can be applied offensively as well as defensively. This would give the flexability of more variation changes for upgrading existing units researches, this in effect could change the mechanics of many if not most units as well as the affectiveness of various tactics as they apply to different terrains and elemetns, in addition this can increase or hinder the affectiveness of mersanaries or war tactic units.
Terrain specific mapsk eeping the existing map, the existing layout but allow for selection of terrrain. Desert. Snow Mountains. Jungles. etc... These terrain elemetns can in turn effect affectiveness of units. Challenge of movement of certain units in sand/desert, terrain as would be possed in real world conflict. raiding units should not be verry effective in snow/ice terrain and so on for different terrain choices, this can be an early choice in the game and maybe event driven for existing players. Terrain changes in effect gives you element changes which can be applied offensively as well as defensively. This would give the flexability of more variation changes for upgrading existing units researches, this in effect could change the mechanics of many if not most units as well as the affectiveness of various tactics as they apply to different terrains and elemetns, in addition this can increase or hinder the affectiveness of mersanaries or war tactic units.
