Hey guys so I had an idea for a submod - I would do it myself but I have no modding knowledge, so that's why I'm leaving it here in case anyone wants to try it:
Right now, for the scenarios covered by the books, there are usually two or three options, based directly on choices straight from (or easily extrapolated from) the book - Joffrey marrying Sansa or Margaery, Robb marrying Roslin or Jeyne, Dany traveling straight to Pentos or diverting to Slaver's Bay, Jon staying in the Watch or joining Stannis, etc. I'm always of the opinion that more options are always better as it adds to replayability, so I thought a submod to add event options based on the variations between the books and the show.
Let me use as an example Sansa and Jon's plot from this past season. When Baelish has the option to either marry Sansa to Harry the Heir or marry her himself, give him a third option to marry Sansa to Ramsay Bolton, causing him to discard fake Arya in exchange for a true Stark, an option that the AI would take about 10% of the time. This path could trigger an event where she will escape to the Wall; from here, Jon would have three options - A) send her to Stannis, where he will press her claim (if he's still alive), B) let her take refuge at the Wall, or C) Declare war on Bolton to install Sansa in Winterfell. If Stannis presses her claim, she becomes his vassal; if Jon presses it, the Lords of the North have a vote to decide whether they want Jon or Sansa crowned King/Queen in the North, and if Jon is crowned, he has the choice to take the crown or remain at the Wall. In all scenarios, Baelish could have the option to lead the seize the Vale for himself and join either side.
I know that the mod is based on the books not the show (which makes sense, since although the show is now further ahead, the books by virtue of their medium are able to have a wider and more detailed universe, which increases replayability). But the idea described here is to offer players another choice that has some foundation in the ASOIF/GOT family to provide for greater replayability and, if at all possible, potentially even crazier results. Even so, I know that some people wouldn't want it in the base mod, since it isn't based on the books, which is why I'm tossing the idea out as a submod idea.
Right now, for the scenarios covered by the books, there are usually two or three options, based directly on choices straight from (or easily extrapolated from) the book - Joffrey marrying Sansa or Margaery, Robb marrying Roslin or Jeyne, Dany traveling straight to Pentos or diverting to Slaver's Bay, Jon staying in the Watch or joining Stannis, etc. I'm always of the opinion that more options are always better as it adds to replayability, so I thought a submod to add event options based on the variations between the books and the show.
Let me use as an example Sansa and Jon's plot from this past season. When Baelish has the option to either marry Sansa to Harry the Heir or marry her himself, give him a third option to marry Sansa to Ramsay Bolton, causing him to discard fake Arya in exchange for a true Stark, an option that the AI would take about 10% of the time. This path could trigger an event where she will escape to the Wall; from here, Jon would have three options - A) send her to Stannis, where he will press her claim (if he's still alive), B) let her take refuge at the Wall, or C) Declare war on Bolton to install Sansa in Winterfell. If Stannis presses her claim, she becomes his vassal; if Jon presses it, the Lords of the North have a vote to decide whether they want Jon or Sansa crowned King/Queen in the North, and if Jon is crowned, he has the choice to take the crown or remain at the Wall. In all scenarios, Baelish could have the option to lead the seize the Vale for himself and join either side.
I know that the mod is based on the books not the show (which makes sense, since although the show is now further ahead, the books by virtue of their medium are able to have a wider and more detailed universe, which increases replayability). But the idea described here is to offer players another choice that has some foundation in the ASOIF/GOT family to provide for greater replayability and, if at all possible, potentially even crazier results. Even so, I know that some people wouldn't want it in the base mod, since it isn't based on the books, which is why I'm tossing the idea out as a submod idea.
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