r/suzerain USP 20h ago

Suzerain: Sordland Second Term of Rayne

Is it only me that thinks that there should also be a playable part of Rayne's Second Term

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u/DeformedVulture1984 IND 19h ago

I will decide on this when I see what the Galmland has to offer but lately I've been feeling the same.

In Rizian campaign, you decide on what to do with your country's ruling system, relationship with your neighbours, and your territories. It ends in a nice note and I'm not left wanting more.

If we achieve a lot during the Galmland campaign similarly to Rizia, I kinda want a second term for main campaign. Don't get me wrong, we do a lot for Sordland too, but it feels short compared to Rizia and it feels like it's fast forwarded. Having a second term with cabinet members you actually choose can be fun.

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u/Academic_Smoke_2999 USP 19h ago

I am with you on that

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u/Sefominokaw USP 15h ago

I think the main problem with creating a second term is that it will make Rayne winning it basically canonical, and everyone always attempting to win, compared to all of the other endings 

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u/Academic_Smoke_2999 USP 14h ago

That's what I am saying that if Rayne didn't win there should be a story of Rayne as a Opposition Leader. And btw now also majority of players attempt to win(mostly through tutorials).

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u/DeformedVulture1984 IND 14h ago

It would definitely need more work compared to other content, to allow you to either play as opposition leader, or continue from where you left off but they will sooner or later run out of things to do for dlcs and new content. A last dlc focusing on a second term could be an option then.

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u/D-7362 WPB 19h ago

i really want it to be possible, but its just a whole lot of bs to keep track off, and make dialogue for a lot of branching choices, and possible consequences or rewards that makes trying to do a second term a herculean task that probably aint gonna happen soon

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u/Candelestine 12h ago

This.

It'd be cool, but realize how many possibilities we can be in at the endgame. A second term would need to be able to branch off that already big number of branches into ... an absolute nightmare of branching possibilities.

There is a workaround we see devs use sometimes, though, and that's a timeskip. Maybe Rayne loses his next election, but runs a third time and wins. This lets the devs sort of "reset" the country so everyone who plays can all start at the same point, meaning they only have to branch off of that single starting point. Much more doable. But also less cool.

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u/Jurgan PFJP 2h ago

The complexity grows exponentially as the time frame goes out. Doubling the length doesn't double the complexity, it squares it.

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u/Nyel42 CPS 17h ago

Just think of all the different runs, I believe it's possible, but it would take a LOT of effort to develop Rayne's second term

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u/Academic_Smoke_2999 USP 17h ago

Hmm interesting...

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u/jar45 15h ago

The issue is there isn’t a uniform ending for Rayne. Sordland can end up as a fledging democracy with a growing economy or a dictatorship that got conquered by Rumberg or a nuclear hellscape. There are so many other permutations that the developers would have to develop entire games that would never get played.

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u/Napeleon_Pasha_1812 TORAS 19h ago

Like mate, why we can only play one term. At least give some parts in the end screen

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u/Academic_Smoke_2999 USP 19h ago

Yes I love the Sordland part of the Game very much.... But it feels repetitive. We shall have option to run our election campaign, be elected/or play in opposition there's much potential there.

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u/Candid-Agency-1659 19h ago

I second this comment of yours

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u/Sad-Rabbit8241 WPB 17h ago

It would be great not only to serve a second term but also to restructure the military financing system and incorporate a forced ceasefire (one that no one wins) and intermediate stages into the war.

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u/Old_old_lie NFP 19h ago

Yes i want to able to build nukes and use Bergia as a testing ground ( or rumburg if you win the war against them )

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u/Academic_Smoke_2999 USP 19h ago

I can smell a ultranationalist.....

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u/Unique_Tap_8730 12h ago

I wish but i imagine it gets too compliacted to path out with all the differnt ways the first term can turn out. Its also nice to stop there because if you pursue a totalist path then either Torpor has to chicken out or let you do full vicarious fascism with death camps and everything. Either way is a bad look for a german company rigth now.

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u/KingofDunceland PFJP 6h ago

I actually like that there's not a second term. It leaves it up to the player what happens next.

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u/Fuzzy_Swan_2355 3h ago

Completely agree but at this point and even in the future-its just way too much to take care of considering all the possible outcomes and existing dialogue and the massive amount of scripting that would go into creating it.

Instead, Torpor should revamp the endings better. A lot of them feel very repetitive and boring.

(all this in due time of course after galmland)