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This is more of a suggestion for future content as opposed to one particular plot or game mechanic. I'm sure Kinggath & co already have a lot of plans for future content, but I wanted to throw this into the mix as a suggestion.
It would be really cool if you could somehow form some sort of central government for the commonwealth. My suggestion is pretty much as vague as that. I have some ideas, but the basic idea is that simple. Any implementation of that idea, no matter how simple, would be cool.
As for my half-baked, spit-balling ideas: maybe after you take over a certain number of settlements, you unlock a "Governor's Desk" or something to that effect. You can only place it at one settlement, but it makes that settlement the "capital" settlement. After that, maybe additional gameplay is unlocked where you are controlling a small nation state. Some Assassin's creed games and Fallout Shelter have that off-screen gameplay thing. In Assassin's creed you send out assassins on missions and the game tells you whether they were successful or not. In Fallout Shelter you could send vault dwellers out on quests outside of the vault. All of that gameplay happens off screen, but there is still some sense of progression as the characters you send out level up. Maybe the Governor's desk unlocks some off screen gameplay like that. Maybe you can send trade caravans to the Capital Wasteland or the Pitt and their success depends on a variety of game factors. Maybe you can send out small battalions of forces to deal with threats inside or outside the Commonwealth and their success is likewise determined by game factors. Maybe as you complete more off screen quests, your government "levels up" and progresses and becomes stronger in certain areas like trade or security.
There could be a lot of interesting gameplay ideas to explore in creating a central government. I think it also is a nice progression of SS and seems like a logical next step in rebuilding the commonwealth. Maybe this suggestion is too crazy or too out there. Does anyone else think that's an interesting idea? Let me know what you think.
It would be really cool if you could somehow form some sort of central government for the commonwealth. My suggestion is pretty much as vague as that. I have some ideas, but the basic idea is that simple. Any implementation of that idea, no matter how simple, would be cool.
As for my half-baked, spit-balling ideas: maybe after you take over a certain number of settlements, you unlock a "Governor's Desk" or something to that effect. You can only place it at one settlement, but it makes that settlement the "capital" settlement. After that, maybe additional gameplay is unlocked where you are controlling a small nation state. Some Assassin's creed games and Fallout Shelter have that off-screen gameplay thing. In Assassin's creed you send out assassins on missions and the game tells you whether they were successful or not. In Fallout Shelter you could send vault dwellers out on quests outside of the vault. All of that gameplay happens off screen, but there is still some sense of progression as the characters you send out level up. Maybe the Governor's desk unlocks some off screen gameplay like that. Maybe you can send trade caravans to the Capital Wasteland or the Pitt and their success depends on a variety of game factors. Maybe you can send out small battalions of forces to deal with threats inside or outside the Commonwealth and their success is likewise determined by game factors. Maybe as you complete more off screen quests, your government "levels up" and progresses and becomes stronger in certain areas like trade or security.
There could be a lot of interesting gameplay ideas to explore in creating a central government. I think it also is a nice progression of SS and seems like a logical next step in rebuilding the commonwealth. Maybe this suggestion is too crazy or too out there. Does anyone else think that's an interesting idea? Let me know what you think.
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