That would require them to notice this thread, which assumes they pay attention to anything other than their inane, repetitive demand for more glitz over gameplay.  Demands which, no doubt, will quickly turn towards 'gearing the game towards a wider audience' once they start playing.

Edit:  yes, I don't like them.  So what?

Actually, exactly two people responding with "I am that idiot", so I am guessing they took the survey - hope they got a chuckle out of it.

What happend to mass murderers?

How sad that the first question the mayority prefer the second option or the third. If it's not combat or economy (maybe diplomacy), it doesn't seem to deserve a chance. And don't point to the "innovative" part because I could ask combat not to be included unless it was innovative too. And then I would get flamed and named idiot of the month. Probably. Maybe.

The second option is what i picked as well. Id like to see stardock attempt something fresh and new even if it were to fail, then of course id also like the option to turn it off just in case.....

True, as a dedicated GC2 "culture warrior", I agree that combat is overrated. However, I also agree that slider espionage is not fun....... plus it would inflame the "loud people" again......

 A. It is critical and should be included even if the best they can do is sliders to allocate resources to espionage and counte espionage.

Doesn't mean using sliders, just that in case of not being able to pull something as detailed as combat (to say), at least they should have sliders. And you may find them horrible (some are) but I think that the effort should be made. It's not like asking for an Epic Generator (sorry BoogieBac! ) and with time and proper preparation they should be able to do something interesting.

B. If is important, but Stardock should only implement it if they can come up with something new and innovative.

And matched with cutting edge graphics too. (I heard they determine the success of a video game... that and an uber intro video)

C. Spycraft?? We don't need no stinking spycraft!

Neither economy, diplomacy or any non combat magic!! Yay!

So yeah, mine is an opinion and yours is, obviously, yours. That's fine. But those asking for Camp 1 should be voting for no economy in the game unless it's innovative. And if we can start with a simple economy according to Frogboy and from there make it grow along the beta, why not a espionage system?

And for the record, autobattle is a good friend of mine.

Slider espionage is trite and boring.  Spies and assassins in Rome: Total War were rather fun.  Elemental could have a "sewer maintenance" slider, too, but that wouldn't be fun.  Moats, however, are cool, as are swamps.  So, I absolutely want putrid anaerobic gooey water in Elemental, but not as a slider.

People who don't share your views are not all "sad", and you're mischaracterizing them, anyway.

aww, I missed it.  oh well.

And yet...  I almost prefered that approach in GalCiv2 to the new, 'agent' based approach.

Edit:

And I truly hate how we cannot even try to have a system because until now it has never been fun (I liked Gal CivII's), or it would be nice just don't try in this game because you reduce the time for the feature I want, blah blah... bs. Really. Obviously, we won't get any good system until someone bothers to actually keep trying to make one. Oh, yeah, let's wait for modders.

Ignore me, I just need some vacations (still a few days more...) and all this pisses me off quite a lot.