I am a long-term fan of the entire Decision franchise. I have beaten Decision 1, 2, 3 as well as Decision: Medieval. I have also fully finished the main story and final experiment in Decision: Red Daze, and I love this series deeply. I have lots of optimization suggestions accumulated from dozens of hours of play, and I hope the dev team can consider them in future patches:
### Four Core Feature Requests
1. Add a New Game Plus mode.
After finishing the storyline, players can only free‑roam. There is no way to replay the full campaign again. NG+ should allow us to keep survivors’ levels, skills, equipment and resources, so we can restart the whole story with our veteran squad.
2. Raise maximum workshop level to Level 5 and Level 6, and introduce equipment blueprint system (inspired by Galaxy on Fire 2).
Right now the max‑level workshop becomes mostly useless in late‑game after upgrading. The best end‑game gear can only be obtained by gambling for random finished goods from travelling merchants, which results in a lot of tedious traveling and player frustration.
My suggestion: Merchants should rarely sell finished top‑tier gear directly. Instead, they randomly sell blueprints for high‑end weapons and armors.
These blueprints can only be crafted at Level 5 / Level 6 workshops and require large amounts of rare late‑game materials. Crafting may include a success‑rate mechanic. Merchants can still occasionally sell finished premium gear as an alternative bonus source.
This keeps exploration and trading meaningful, while letting players produce gear at base once they obtain blueprints. It will give high‑tier workshops real long‑term purpose and reduce the anxiety of endlessly chasing merchants for loot.
3. Add an option to toggle wild enemy respawning.
After clearing the red haze and finishing the main quest, zombies and mutants will no longer respawn once killed. After sweeping several areas, there are almost no enemies on the map while free‑roaming.
Please add a setting option for players to choose:
- Original rule: Enemies stop respawning after clearing red haze;
- Continuous respawn mode: Wild monsters respawn periodically.
Players can choose peaceful base‑building or continuous combat & loot farming according to preference.
4. Add optional respawn for the nine regional lair bosses.
The two troll bosses can be fought repeatedly, which is excellent. However, the nine regional lair bosses disappear permanently after being defeated, and no monsters spawn inside their lairs afterward.
I suggest adding an optional toggle: regional lair bosses can respawn after an in‑game cooldown, and their lairs will repopulate with guardian creatures.
Keep permanent elimination as default original behavior. Players who want extra combat and loot can turn on boss respawn manually.
### Additional Suggestions
#### 1. Core Game Mechanic Adjustments
1. Add training facilities in the shelter to actively boost stats and skills for player character and survivors
Currently, both the player character and NPC survivors can only level up passively by fighting monsters out in the wild; there is no way to train or upgrade their skills actively. In the late game, mutants with powerful long-range attacks become the main threat. AI teammates cannot dodge attacks manually like the player, so they often die due to insufficient HP and damage resistance. Their low Strength and Agility also slow them down heavily when wearing heavy armor, making them easy to get surrounded and unable to keep up with the player’s movement.
This imbalance makes players prefer temporary mutant mercenaries over investing in human survivors.
I propose adding a training function within the shelter building (the same building that raises population cap). Players can spend resources to train the player character and all survivors to actively raise Strength, Agility, damage resistance and all combat skills. This will reduce the tedious grind and balance the power between human survivors and mutant mercenaries.
#### 2. Quality of Life / Operation Convenience Improvements
1. Add sorting filters for the survivor list
The survivor roster in the camp is disorganized with no sorting options. When you recruit many survivors, it takes a lot of time to manually check each one to find high-level units or specific professions.
Please add sorting criteria such as profession, total level, or individual combat skill level, so players can quickly locate target survivors and streamline camp management.
All these adjustments will greatly boost replayability and smooth out the gameplay experience. As a fan who has loved this series for years, I’m looking forward to seeing the game get polished. Thank you for all your hard work!
