As the title states I find the various city appearances to be rather bland and unimpressive. Seriously where are the towering castles, imposing fortresses to strike fear into your enemies, and palaces, meant to awe diplomats from the other nations, where is the beautifill architecture unique to each nation.(You would also think no expense would be spared on the embassy to make it impressive/beautiful or imposing depending on your factions tastes) Yes there are styles for the empire or fallen, but really neither has any building that stands out from the other, even the palace looks bland.

I would love for the development team, when things settle down, to focus on adding style to the cities, and make important buildings stand out and be awe inspiring, especially for the capitol city, after all this is where ambassadors from other nations go to so therefore it would be in your interest to make the capitol impressive. Landscape should also play a part and in a sense it has been implimented basically with the scenic views but more needs to be done in the "city building" and "diplomacy" aspect of this game.*Hanging Gardens anyone?* (Perhaps an option to invest more rescources in a city to allow for the building of more elaborate/impressive buildings, and limit it to only the capitol.)

It is my hope that this thread can be a constructive place to share ideas on how to make impressive cities, and how they can be used diplomatically as well, for example a level 2 town will not be as impressive as a metropolis with amazing architecture.