Suggestions?

[arc_zec65]

Hi Guys,

First off - great game (I love being the bad guy...)

With regards to my suggestions, here they are (1-5 would be awesome, the rest would be nice-to-haves):

1) Population growth (as well as attrition). This can be an added difficulty layer in 'Brutal' Mode, or perhaps in all game modes. The world's population isn't static in reality, and adding a growth factor would make it more difficult for you if your infection rates are low. A natural attrition rate could also help in the late game.

1.5) <Ties in with #1> Population migration. If a large part of a nation is ill/dying, people are going to undertake an exodus to neighboring countries (if the borders are still open), spreading the disease and straining the infrastructure of those countries.

2) Some kind of Gene/Mutation that targets only specific genders, or alternatively one that targets reproduction. This will eradicate one half of the population, or simply stop humans in their tracks, and let the world 'devolve' into chaos (like an extension of the film 'Children of Men'). These could be additional victory scenarios for Prions.

3) War. Imagine if humanity discovers that an entire continent's water supply is infected, except for the water in, say, Greenland - obviously the population that's left will go to war with Greenland for the resources. The invaders then help you along by possibly sending sick soldiers to Greenland to kill the native population.

4) A Population control subgame/scenario - the target is to create a virus that kills just enough people to keep the population within a certain range. This will work well if the population is larger (ie. future populations as projected for 2050 or something). Will take a very fine balance between infectivity and lethality.

5) A more intuitive display of Incubation Time. I'm assuming it is already part of the base code (since it's noticeable with the Fungus type), but a display that differentiates between infected/incubating and symptomatic/infectious would be great - something such as yellow dots that turn progressively more red, then dark (dead). In addition to this, the dead-colours could also be darker to aid differentiation in denser regions (Europe for instance). Why not make this a user-adjustable setting (that possibly includes uninfected as well)?

6) More mutation paths! More Countries! More airports! More Seaports! More Infection Vectors! I love replaying the game with different combos...

7) In 'Brutal' modes - possibly change the 'Prison' to 'Quarantine'... Makes more sense in-game.

8) Visually - If at all possible it would be great to see the red dots concentrated and spread along population zones (Think Google-Earth's night view, but in red!), rather than the random nature it assumes now. It would also be great if the airline vectors would be in a separate layer that can be hidden.

9) Some more info. The current descriptions are great, but some more in-depth descriptions of various symptoms and infection vectors would be better still. It would at least make me think I'm smart for understanding the terms better...

10) Full spherical 3D earth??? I understand that this one would require an insane amount of work, so maybe future DLC?

In all - I love it, almost as much as I love the Neurax Worm controlling my thoughts.

ALL PRAISE TO THE NEURAX WORM