Hey guys! I just registred here to make a cumpliment to both SMST & oshron. I read the entire topic yesterday and i'm really impressed. However there are 2 things that i would like to suggest, for both Atlas and Pyrogenesis: Empire. Instead of obligation to chose a faction that will become something in the future - something very dificult to adress, historycally speaking, even more when we're talking about Pre-Historic ages - Why don't you guys make something like we have seen on Age of Empires III & Empire Total War? Over Age you choose a politician, what about you choose a flag to defend, a flag to become a nation? Over Empire Total War, we had the Revolutions. You had to choose to remain with the King or to be a revolutionary. These metheods can be tweaked to acheive both fun gameplay and historical accuracy. And...what about... you don't have to age up? You age up by the time of playing... so, the different factions would evolve at different times, grantting them game advantages or disavantages, making the game more historical accurate.