Just got the game recently, and so far, I like how I can manage my armies and create my own custom maps, along with their own campaigns as well, but I feel like there's still more that can be added into the game, more stuff to help enrich it's gameplay for the players, and I know others have pointed these out from what I've briefly looked up, so I'll be writing down my own detailed take on the matter of what, and what I hope to see later on for it.
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[Terrain Expansion]:
I'm still figuring out the Map creators workings and such, but I have a general idea about it, but I wish we had more options to work with, like adding bit more details to everything, bodies and destroyed vehicles, ruin titans, and of course changing and adjusting the platforms as well. Along with adjusting our height so if we are making towering platforms, we can at least make it easier to level our view without struggling to adjust to even see our towering works of art.
I know we can always use mods, but I want this to be an in-game feature, so those who don't have mods or access to mods can at least have access to our creations, it would also be nice to have texture options on our builds, like buildings and platforms, structures and such, like intend of the Imperium platforms dark stone textures, maybe rustic, marble, concrete.
It would also be nice to create interior maps as well, like inside bases, underground structures and passages, the unbelly of a hivecity, or even aboard ships for some "Boarding Action" as well, maybe even surviving in a Starfort, or even a Spacehulk, I'm sure we can do this in the current game as it is, but at least we have more stuff to work with too (material from necromunda maybe? Rogue Trader even?). Maybe something for the outer borders too, since it looks so empty, even with 50x50 (or 150x150) tiles to work with, at least creating an outer field would be nice, but that's just my opinion at the very least... ^^;
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[Army Forge]:
We are missing alot of other troops (ratlings for one), or are only limited to a handful at the very least, when I was getting this game, I had hoped there would be an Army Painter like they had in Dawn of War, sadly no, because I had hoped to create my own Astra Militarum regiment, I also find it sad that we only have access to the Blood Angels chapter as well, at least with the army painter, we can gain access to other factions of space marines as well. It would be awesome to have the option to customize our factions further, aside from painting (or selecting our colors to different parts), changing accessories too, like for an example (this guardsmen has extra grenades on his body, while this one is carry an ammo belt, carrying a media bag, old miniature designs, female squad, male squad, etc).
With the Army Painter and Accessories, we can bring other factions, like Chaos Guardsmens, Death Korp of Krieg, Catachan jungle fighters, gaunt's ghosts, Ice Wars, etc...
Plus (Still using the guardsmen as the example) with the option to customize our individual units, this also allows us to change our HQ units, maybe even naming them too just for the added fun, but like the Map Creation, this will be time consuming, and I don't mind that at the least bit. X3
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[Eternal Campaign]:
I know we can create our own campaigns already, but apart from the bugs, and matches not ending after a victory, so why don't we fix this, and add more to this, like the option for the Campaigns to be linear, or optional, since we can create our maps and even our own campaigns, then why not go the extra mile? Creating an Optional Campaign system would basically have extra stuff unlock, or even another route for us to take, like if we survive with 50% of our troops, we proceed as usual, but if we still have 100%, we unlock a bonus action for the next mission, or unlock a new chapter, or a story in between missions.
Could even create the optional for a survival mission, like doing this has caused this group to separate, and has to reach this point to regroup, even if they failed, the story continues, just without these troops, but by chance they do survive, you'll see them accomplish something amazing, but like all stories, either they survived, died, or sacrifice themselves for the mission, the outcome will always be the same, depending on how you shape your story.
Lastly, it isn't enough just to create a campaign, not without telling how it all starts, and how it ends, theatre mode would help to create some cinematic cutscenes too, we can already take screenshots, why not clips too? And yes I know, we have programs to do that, but like HALO 3 and after, theatre mode at least allows us to create some in-house material, save that material within the game, share it, download it, or in this case, use it to create real story telling.
Of course our options will be limited, but the basics should be enough, simple animations, simple emotes, simple actions, mainly because it be too much to create custom dialogue, not unless we create it ourselves (but man, wouldn't that be something huh?), luckily our troops do have some voices we can use, from calling out orders, to war cries, or taking injuries.
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Ya, sorry if this was a long one, but I had to voice out my suggestion, the game was released around 2021, last DLC I think was 2024, and currently, I'm working on a big map based on the Siege of Terra, sadly my Astra Militarum aren't fitted for this one, "Imperial Army" guardsmen would be nice, Solar Auxilia would be awesome, that or the original Rogua Trader Guardsmen would be epic, they almost match up with the Terminator, human Resistence vibe, regardless, I have a ton of work ahead of me, I can only hope more options will open up for the game later on too.
