first of all I do not mean any disrespect to the game, all my list of complaints are the things that I think the game need more focus on.
#1 Weapons and equipments. I believe the game need a different approach on this.
I believe it's a lot more fun and bring in more depth to the game by allowing players to design and customize their own weapons like how player design Units in the game.
Oppose to currently, player just research warfare tech and unlock long bow that does 6 damage. Than just allowing player to research warfare tech and unlock long bow design for player to create and design their own long bow with custom stat and abilities in equipment creation window.
>> >>>>>player found a city. research warfare and unlock equipment blacksmith which unlock weapon design, which allow player to design weapons to equip on their units. How powerful the equipment are dependent on these factors, blacksmith skill(hero or team of hero) or (no hero) * tech level * resource used * how much turn times and gold spent on making it = how powerful the item is and what abilities it have.