One thing i always dreamed about with this mod..does my idea make sense?

[CatoTheYounger]

I always wanted Roma Surrectum 2 to bring back the senate chart. You know the chart with the three parties and aproval ratings from the senate on one side and the people on the other. Well getting rid of the rediculous three factions they naturaly scrapped it. But...

I think it is still a cool idea and usable in this current format. Or maybe i am naieve how this stuff can be modded. I think it would be cool if you can measure YOUR aproval rating with the people and Senate just like before based on the same things it was based on before. The other two "factions" are not real split factions you can play but maybe oposing Politcal movements. One might be more pleb oriented and the other more Patrician oriented but not in your camp. Many factors from area's of conquest focused on to Reigons that have higher or lower unrest would triger which party had aproval from the people or anger from the Senate or vice versa. And it's this that would trigger the civial war.

If one of the Parties had pleb aproval but not senate and went past breaking point the area of the map that they would represent (southern Italy/Greece, North Italy/Gaul, Rome area/North Africa) would rebel against you. If you were the one that the Senate hated the other Regions would gang up against you and you would controll the more pleb friendly loaction (chose by the devs) and it would be comandable by you.

You can bring back the cool gavel sounds and murmuring senate chatter during senate hearings and the cool senate graphics and visuals. Is this possible and something that could be implemented? I think it would be bloody brilliant and give the game the final campaign richness that at times seems lacking. This is my all time favorite total war mod and now that Rome 2 has proven disgrace im downloading 2.6

Just thought i would share my fantasy with you.

[Leeham991]

This is a pretty cool idea. It might work if it was somehow set to display family members and generals rather than just the faction leader, though I have no idea how the engine can be modified so I don't know if it's possible.

[tobi_808]

I say it was the only thing i missed when starting with RSII - no more Senat, but since there are still elections every 3 turns ....

By the way: what are the consequences of / the pros & cons for the Senat elections ??? Don't know what they do actually ...

[CatoTheYounger]

I love the senate elections the way they have it now. However i would love back the forum and the senate and people meters for not only your faction but coded shadow factions that would sprout up once civil war broke out. Yopu might even retain the Slots with the pictures of the top 5 leaders based on being Consuls and the other positions...but that part is negotiable. I do miss the direct representation of the senater and the forum.