For starters this in not a rant but these are suggestions.
From an RTS stand point I am sure you have had your fill of feedback. My stand point. the Unique abilities of units needs to have more impact to stop the SPAM stradegy that appears to be the sure win at this point.
MY 4X and RTS suggestions.
After playing many games there is little to look forward to in the next game. AKA rush resources and spam units.
the whole bidding thing with pirates is interesting but I think the concept could be taken a step forward.
Other bidding Ideas1) Capital ship captains (mercinaries). These individuals would boost capital ships stats etc...etc
2) Bid on unique tech..the sky is the limit.
3) Fleet ship captains. Right now the fleets are very impersonal. Adding a fleet captian that would impact stats via abilites with in "range" would make things more interesting.
4) Unique units.
5) unique infrastructure units.
etc. etc.
There are other ideas one could be placed in this list.
THe bottom line would be place random bidding offers in the game that would TIP THE SCALE in the face of SPAMMING units and provide a UNIQUE GAME experience EVERY TIME.
Gamers often look for larger scale games because they are "cool". I believe what they are looking for is a unique experience...."if its larger it will be different". I disagree to a point.
