GrauerTiger

good idea. especially the part with the unique trade-ressource! i would also like to see some sort of noble-houses for each faction (kingdoms), who will be given jurisdiction over some of your citys and if one of those houses gets too powerfull or just too ambitious they might become a threat to your sovereign. they would also offer generals (heroes) for your armies, troops, quests (this might increase or decrease their allegiance) or the possability to marry an off-spring to them instead to

yeah, hot-seat would be a cool option for MP (im not too keen on online-play when it comes to turn-based games). and battles with allies moving in or an army consisting of several kingdoms is definately worth a thought (ive played AOW II SM, too, and i loved to take down a well defended city with several allied armies).

im still playing version 1.0 (have a savegame i dont wanna lose ... even though that means a hellalot of crashes while playing *lol*) and i have no problem with what you speak of. when my cities reach the next level and im asked what bonus i want them to have i can always see the ressource-production on the left side. it might not be eye-catching, but its there (although, this would only be helpfull if the city is already specialized on the production of a certain ressource)

true, that was confusing for me when i first played. it's just a small problem, but it should also not be too hard to change. i support this idea!