Dashboard page - vital info from all cities

Good point. It would take a little away from 'visiting a place and having a look around', to be closer to casting an uncommitted eye over grid of numbers.

I'll disclose that for part of my job, I design UIs and develop finance and information systems. I tend to see opportunities to optimize or condense stuff down to just the bits that need attention.

Edited to add:  Presumably it would be entirely optional, which would mean it would be no bother to people who don't want to play that way.  But if a fair number of people might not use it, then maybe it's not a high priority to build.  The devs have previously mentioned wanting to invest in something that would reduce the amount of clicks, and it seems like something like this would accomplish that.  I can see both sides.

It would be nice to have a concise (and well-packed) at-a-glance page that shows, for ALL cities at once:

1. Build queues, with their respective two countdowns. It should be easy to see if one is empty.
2. Research queues, "
3. Resource 'Fill Level' bar graphs, horizontal but otherwise as per Inventory.
4. Empty production queues.
5. Sovereignty plots having buildings below Claim level.
6. Sieges and attacks in progress (with, for example, an indication of siege progress).
7. Inter-city caravans (but not harvesting caravans).
8. Stats like total population, and number required for next city -> Settlers page.

The design challenge will be to fit this into a usable area, and have navigation take you to the right page to perform a desired action.

I'm sure I've missed some essential types of information from the above numbered list. My point was not to have a complete list, but to float the idea of an all-encompassing Dashboard. If anyone has suggestions for other inclusions, please add them to the pile!