Various kinds of Sov structures, on 1 Sov square

I think that kind of modification of the current sovereinty system would really add some potential to it. Hope it will happen some day :)

In your exemple of 3 food  + 2 jousting (lets say repeatedon 8 squares), it would avoid to unclaim those 8 lvl 5 sovs to lvl 3 (to put food sov), and then claim 8 other lvl 2 for Jousting yards a bit farer, which is fastidious.

What i see now, describing this exemple, is that it would give some advantage from what it is currently, in terms of gold and research consumption, as then you can build more structures on the closest squares... but i personnally think this advantage from current system would be reasonnable... it would certainly permit to build only few more lvls of sov structures.

About the 20 sov structures limitation, you were thinking about counting 3farmyards+2jousting yards on a same sov claim as 1 or as 2 sov structures?

I think that's an interesting concept. though, it would only be interesting for sovs which do not ask a basic ressources unkeep, as farmstead, erthworks, etc... as you wouldnt replace a lvl 5 farmstead by a lvl 5 Jounsting yard for exemple (as its not wise to have high lvl of those). So by switching, you would fall with a lvl 5 sov claim with a lvl 2-3 jousting yard (which is better in terms of B.ress consumption) on it... and you woud certainly want to unclaim your sov as you are paying 2-3 lvl of claim for nothing... If you are limited by Research production, you will certainly do so, justly to reduce the sov unkeep and to be able to put more taxes for exemple... this is this process that i find too exhausting, and which enables to react fast to certain needs. 

Of course, you can demolish the sov structures already and rebuild the ones you want (that's time and ressource consumming already, but that is fine, and think that should be the only requirement to change your sov structures, once you've claim your lands already)... but as i explained, the lvl of sov claim you will have wouldnt often fit with the kind of sov structure you would want to put on it. 

The real unwanted benefit having various sov structures on the same sov claim, is indeed as it would generally low the Basic ressources unkeep of certain sov structures. 

Im thinking, an other way to make that enchanced flexibility possible, would to keep things as they are, but to have a system which permits to Unclaim and Claim lands much faster, once you've reached lvl 5 of claim on a certain land, and didnt lost that land so far or didnt receive any hostile troops starting to claim it so far. 

Well, that's just an idea that came to me while i was trying to work my sov wishes with their Research unkeep... and also, i was thinking about the current lack of flexibility of the sov structures

So, what if we could have various sov structures on a same sov square claimed?

Though, we would still have a max lvl 5 for Sov squares claimed, and then, we would still be able to put 5 lvl of sov structures on it... but why should it be only of 1 kind, while those lands are so big? :)

As an exemple, you have a lvl 5 sov claim. Instead of putting a lvl 5 Farmstead on it, you could put a lvl 3 farmstead and a lvl 2 Cattle rancher... or have 1 lvl 1 Training ground, 1 lvl 2 Earthworks, 1 lvl 1 Bowyer, 1 lvl 1 Bladesmith.... etc...

Also, maybe be able to build the same kind of building twice? (though, as it would add a real beneffit in terms of basic ressources consumption, that would be questionable)

The interest would be to add more flexibility. If for exemple you have 8 lvl 5 sov claims, and if you want one day to readapt your city to a certain circoumstance, and want for exemple to produce les Food, but more Livestock, Leather and more Ranged units for exemple, you currently have to lvl back those lvl 5 claims, and then claim some other lands (which is fairly long if you have to adaptate to a particuliar situation... and making this in all of you cities...). You have to do so as those Adv.ress sov structures ask you more and more (too much) basic ress/lvl when they are over lvl 2.

To follow the possiblity to put various times the same kind of structures... the questionable advantage is that you would have, for exemple, 2lvl2 + 1lvl1 jousting yards, instead of 1lvl 5... so 720 ressources consumption instead of 2400... that's why i put it as an optional feature of that idea :p

To sum up, all i would like is to be able, once, you claimed a square, which is already long, to be able to change the sov structures on it (which is also ressources and time consumming) at your wish, without having to unclaim, re-claim, re-unclaim, re-re-claim... and then make your city more fast responding, permitting some new kind of specialisations and tactics which are currently broke by the current work and excessive time it asks.

Would it be an acceptable idea?

M31

Edit: Forgot to precise, that, with this idea, instead of being limited in 20 sov Structures, we would be limited in 20 sov claims on which we could build sov structures... of course. And that this idea would bring small advantages in terms of Gold and research consumptions from how it is now, imo.