Hello Produno!
First of all good luck with your project! I will follow it with great interest for two main reason:
- I believe your approach to the creation is very innovative (although challenging).
- Brytenwalda is a great mod, so your mod is already better than many other out there.
I am quite confused about one point; somewhere in the thread you stated that you are not aiming to create a better Game of Thrones' mod. Wow, I really appreciate you modesty but I believe that your mod should have, at least, one area where it will excel. It will actually motivate your development team and attract both modders and players.
My humble (and unrequited
) suggestion?
If I were you, I will try to make this mod the most logically correct as possible. Brytenwalda is so catchy because everything you find there
makes sense. The equipment in the markets, the NPC you meet, troop's equipment, quests, are all related to the faction where you are playing. If I remember well, also the beautiful "the last days" for M&B has a similar concept.
Most mods are... well, rather messy, and even if they integrate beautiful armors, custom scenes etc. they give the impression to be Vanilla under steroids. Or plastic surgery.
Focusing on the coherence of the mod with the tv series (or the books if you believe enough people are familiar with them) will distinguish your mod from the others and allow people with low pc specs to enjoy it.
I also believe it will speed up the development. From what I have seen you already have a robust team of researchers and few modelers/texturers. Let the graphic guys focus on what
really makes the difference. Do I need original armors for low tier troops? Do I really need customised scenes for villager and towns? My answer, maturated from my playing style, is no. Of course they are a plus (I remember Minas Tirith in the previously cited LOTR: TLD
) but they tend to slow down the realisation too!
Finally a couple of questions:
- Alliance system, it would be quite disappointing if House Stark team up with (or stop fighting) the Lannisters. Don't you think?
- House Baratheon, same as before. I saw they actually own King's Landing, so the little blonde monster is not considered a Lannister
. What if he reconsider his loyalty and attack his grandpa's fief? Not a good idea for gameplay imo...
That's it! If you fell like further discussing my point I'm glad to help. Looking forward for the next realisation!