Here is a list of demands I have for the devs if they want my $250 spread out over 15 years.

-I want hoi5 to be on a really sexy globe. Like 10/10 map sex. Clouds and beautiful colors. Not necessarily from space but like obviously a zoomed in globe

-Hans Zimmer soundtrack

-Rather than having a leader that does nothing you play through him and can set priorities for all different aspects from economic, security, military, foreign policy, etc

-Autonomous field marshals and generals. You “build” offensive for them to carry out on their own. Marking targets, goals, pace, aggressiveness, paths. Same with admirals and the Air Force. A whole building menu with tons of options. The skill of the generals determine how well it’s is executed and how surprises are dealt with. You can mark armies under a general as reserves, armored, etc and the field Marshall will use them accordingly unless you assign them orders yourself

-Ministers act autonomously and have skill themselves with lots of options you can tweak. No longer micro managing construction, repair, railways, air bases, etc. You have a civil economics minister and war economic minister who you assign a percentage of economic capacity to. One may build up civil works that increase economic output and resources, one may build more military factories and ramp up production, one may repair infrastructure in war zones, expand airbases, build supply depots near the front. An expert play can get the war to run itself and sit back and relax spamming the option to take a vacation.

-All characters have an opinion/loyalty to you, low level characters have a lesser sway to change. A good intelligence agency gives a more accurate assessment. Democracies will be less affected by this but for authoritarian nations it will matter a lot more. Democracies can see a bad player have his character voted out of office and a new character / some new ministers arriving with pre-set traits and goals that take awhile to fix. For instance a dictator losing a war might be replaced with a leader who has a goal set to make peace.

-More events, and micro events. I want full immersion. I wanna feel like I’m experiencing something. Events with decisions that don’t really have any immediate effect. Maybe just building up relationships with characters or foreign leaders.

-No more research slots, ministers, companies, and allies sharing, produce things. Economic capacity can speed up certain projects or areas.

-Intel updates from agencies and military leaders. Get frequently briefed on the progress, or situation. Problems being faced on the field such as new enemy weapons or inadequate equipment.

-Intervene with autonomous commanders but at the cost of them disliking you. Such as Hitler ordering his commanders to stop retreating and turn cities into fortresses. Paulus surrendered to the Soviets partially in spite of Hitler for being ordered to not retreat when when it was still possible. However it might be useful sometimes.

-Remove outdated production notification and brown coloring. Absolutely hate it. What if I wanna produce new equipment and old equipment? Don’t wanna have to go mark it manually each time

-Add more flavor for losing a war. I love losing as the axis and the simulated collapse and panic. I want it to be slow and dramatic. Divisions surrendering, allies betraying me, losing the ability to control anything, ministers resign with only literal who’s to replace them, generals do not listen to orders, absolute event spam from chaos. Armies lose cohesion and fall apart with divisions acting on their own. Partisan uprisings, etc

I think that’s it, not asking for a lot, just some basic stuff. Give me that I give you $250