Commanders by Gender

Stryke11 · #1 February 6th, 2008, 05:13 PM

It would be nice if some basic national and indy commanders were gendered and you had a random chance of getting a male or female. Obviously there are some positions where this wouldn't work, but some mages and run of the mill troop carriers could thematically be female.

thejeff · #2 February 6th, 2008, 05:32 PM

It would also be nice if some of the weirder creatures were neither male nor female. (And thus not seduceable, at least not by sex.) Is a Vastness male or female, for example?

Even for the more normal non-humans, there's no real reason to assume strict gender roles. Why not have male and female Agarthan troops?

On a more practical note, the code base probably doesn't support random genders. They'd need to be different units

Agrajag · #3 February 6th, 2008, 05:45 PM

I think the problem of "random genders" would be more in the sprite department

Unless all women of all peoples in Dominions are outstandingly buff and tall

EDIT: Also, if you thought that it's annoyingly difficult to tell a longdead velite from a longdead legionnaire, imagine telling the difference between two fullplated ulmish units

thejeff · #4 February 6th, 2008, 05:59 PM

You could tell by how they scream when they die!