Not quite dialogue, but I find the distinction between "leaning" and "generally" confusing. Based on the icon and interactions, I expect that "leaning" is stronger than "generally", but based on pure vocab connotations I (ESL experience) expected it to be the other way around. Is it on purpose? Or could "somewhat" be swapped in for "generally", or "very" for "leaning"?

It's very funny to get the "River of Light" constellation when you've blackmailed your way to the crown (6 votes out of 17), and have Krovos as your spiritual advisor, but I wish there was some counter in the game that impacted the epilogue is Zorana's been a bit too blackmail-happy. (I have never blackmailed more than 6 people, so it's possible that there is one that I simply haven't stumbled upon, but in case there isn't...)

I also expected Krovos as spiritual advisor to have some flavor in the epilogue - it does reflect on Zorana's relationship to spirituality, and as it stands it doesn't seem to have much of an impact on Zorana's relationship with the High Pontifex in the epilogues.

Gur rcvybthr nyfb nffhzrq gung Mbenan zvtug jnag gb ybbx/jnagrq gb ybbx sbe jub nffnffvangr Rfzrenv (naq nyfb jbhyq uhag qbja Rfzrenv'f jvsr naq puvyq gb uryc), juvpu tvira ubj Mbenan unaqyrq gur ragver fvghngvba (jvfuvat vg jbhyq nyy Tb Njnl naq tvivat Rfzrenv onq frngf ng gur bcren ba checbfr), pnzr nf n fhecevfr gb zr. V fhccbfr nf gur jvaare Mbenan pna nssbeq gb or tenpvbhf, ohg gur gbar bs gur fyvqr znqr vg frrz yvxr vg jnf bayl angheny. V'z abg fnlvat V jbhyqa'g unir ghearq qbja gur bccbeghavgl gb gel naq qb n yvggyr nffnffvangvba ba gur fvqr, gubhtu znlor gur bcgvba rkvfgf vs Xbehaqv unfa'g tbar gb Yhxbzve.

Fvzvyneyl - tvira gung fur pbzrf hc va guvf rcvybthr, V'z ergebfcrpgviryl fhecevfrq Mbygna'f ovegu zbgure qbrfa'g pbzr hc va gur rcvybthrf jurer Mbenan nqbcgrq uvz. Hayrff fur'f zragvbarq (qbrf Mbenan rire gel gb ybbx ure hc bapr ure fba vf byqre, be abg ng nyy?) vs Mbenan erfcrpgrq ure jvfu gb unir gur puvyq anzrq Gfvexbal?

I never, ever understand what the "correct" option when meeting Ethexae is. A successful Etiquette check says "you are expected to bow your head", but then both options offered seem wrong ("kneel" or "remain standing"), and I don't understand which I should pick. "Kneel" is so much stronger than "bow your head" that it might pass for ignorance/lack of etiquette and not win Ethexae"s confidence that we're fit to rule; and "remain standing" says that Zorana meets Ethexae's gaze. 

I just want to say that I'm very, very fond of the scientist who speaks to Zorana during the reports of the genetic testing if Zorana gets engaged, for all that they don't have a portrait of a name. I think it would be incredibly cool if there was something more there (the scientist disappearing, or being blackmailed, or Zorana being blackmailed), and I understand if it's utterly outside the range of what you want to do, Hanako, but it would be so cool if the scientist or consequences for the conversation came up again.

V'z abg fher guvf pbhagf ohg V guvax gurer fubhyq or yvxr na nygreangvir Yhzra cngujnl.  

Fb sbe rknzcyr vs lbh gel gb ragregnva Zveryyr'f puvyq jvgu n zntvp gevpx naq snvy lbh pna znxr gur pelfgny tybj. Naq vs lbh qb Xebibf'f crefbany dhrfg lbh pna fgneg tybjvat. Znlor gurer fubhyq or na nqqvgvbany purpx vs lbh unir vqx uvtu rabhtu fcvevghnyvgl/raqhenapr gung ba gur ghea jura lbh gel gb znxr lbhefrys tybj qhr gb gur Yhzra ehzbhef lbh npghnyyl qb. 

I kind of feel like there should be a cruelty check or something for the "wbvavat sbeprf jvgu gur onq thl" ending, like in the first game. In LLTQ I always found it very amusing that you could play as a mad tyrant but everything is sparkly and pink, but in this one I got the rivy raqvat by playing as I usually do and then everything drastically changes depending on what dialogue option you pick at that turn. It feels like it would be more rewarding if there was some more build up and it could function like a sort of route/achievement for us who like to create as much chaos as possible.

Fb, V'ir sbhaq bhg gung vs Mbenan zrrgf gur Znh funznaf nsgre xvyyvat ure sngure, fur vf noyr gb nfx gurz gb punaary ure zbgure vafgrnq, fvapr gurz npghnyyl punaaryvat ure sngure jbhyq or onq arjf.

Ubjrire vs fur zrrgf gurz juvyr fur fgvyy oryvrirf ur zvtug or nyvir, fur yrgf gurz tb guebhtu jvgu vg, gura jura vg qbrfa'g jbex cebcreyl, fur'f sbeprq gb yvr. V srry yvxr va guvf fvghngvba fur fubhyq nyfb trg gur bcgvba gb nfx gurz gb punaary ure zbgure vafgrnq, fvapr fur zvtug oryvrir gung ure sngure jba'g fubj hc naq jbhyq pnfg fhfcvpvba ba ure.

Rvgure jnl, tvira jung V pna tngure sebz gur cybg, V'z cerggl fher guvf jvyy abg tb irel jryy, ohg zber bcgvbaf vf zber bcgvbaf.

While it’s probably not practical at scale, it would be cool if some advisors with an agenda took the opportunity to frame things in a slightly different way whenever you had to rely on them for a check.

Maybe Ozara really stresses the importance of predictability for economics, if you have her around when you need to decide on the Jubilee date.

Maybe Krovos opens up some spicy dialog if he’s on board whenever Arrahil discusses her passion, or vice versa. He could also subtly describe information as about the “old” religion, if you’ve made Plans.

Maybe Branekka or Milan or both proactively ask you to spite the other, if you brought one along to where the other is present. (I’m curious about what was going on here, too!)

I’d especially hoped to see some consequences from Erilotti taking a very important position in cabinet. Maybe if she’s around, she frames species greeting sequencing by describing Mau as co-founders of the empire who expect to be acknowledged, or describing Heru as fiercely independent at best, unlikely to be offended if left last, but with an opportunity to portray unity.

It could be really fun if I get some early scenes when learning Intrigue for myself. It’s the knowledge skill that a player is likely to experiment with first, and would be another hint that sometimes, you’ll discover more when you learn knowledge skills for yourself. I could see her looking up salacious information at Student level. Maybe the results in having more to share with Kxenia on Turn 15. There could be some really fun easter eggs if the Grandmaster Intrigue flavour was something like “you’ve made a habit of investigating everyone you could meet” rather than “you’ve read up on all Electors”. Maybe discovering a few extra details about your friends and family, where you couldn’t perform a regular investigation.

I feel like there should be more sensitive things to learn in the Quest from the Pahnei-Stooye Electors, especially if I’m taking a difficult dive for Military secrets.

I wish getting physical in neutral space would have been disconcerting enough to dislodge some interesting information. It’s a pretty hard to check to make on top of everything else!

I wish I had more opportunities to interact with my cabinet. They’re supposed to be my closest allies, yet I end up feeling closer to all the people I do personal and engaging quests for instead. What if they did get a say in Imperial Policy from the get go, or just took opportunities when they come? Probably not practical to do for everyone, but maybe Rejt comes up with a proposal for something around the Opera. Maybe that’s how you actually meet the Askold opera company - I mention meeting them, when they come up in conversation, but that seems to have happened “off-screen”?

I wish there was a way to have “close contacts in Heru II” for the epilogues. I’d beelined there to obtain one cabinet member and complete two personal quests for a fully pledged system, and it still was this remote mysterious system to me as far as the epilogues were concerned.

I haven’t yet checked to see if Jade reacts differently if you’re wearing the Domination outfit. That could be an entertaining easter egg if she doesn’t already!

Completely separately, I wish there was a way to still experience personal quests from people who really like you. I’ve finally been able to see Grojdana’s quest, and that was super fun. I had no military experience, but seized a victory in a fun parallel of what I’d been doing socially in the wider sector. :)

I wish Branekka voting for Lukomir would be delayed if Zorana 1)has Branekka's personal quest, and 2)denounced Milan. Or that Zorana could spend a social action sending a message to Branekka telling her "please hold until I return to Heru III," and if Zorana doesn't get there before the end of the game it's not an obligation to Branekka to vote for Zorana. It's beyond frustrating to denounce Milan and in the same turn having Branekka decide to vote for Lukomir after all. 

I wish that there was a way to know when Ethexae is so mad at you that she won't allow you to attend Agonalia without going all the way there. Maybe if someone is voting for you already on Myrkka II they could send you a message letting you know? Or you could spend a social action with high enough Intrigue/Media to know how Ethexae is feeling about Zorana at this current time, even if Zorana has never met her?

I wish there was a way to earn the right to attend Agonalia/convince Ethexae to let you attend even if she's hostile, because it's a wonderful scene/piece of worldbuilding, and it's a shame to be so often locked out of it. Or maybe one of the Electors can have you as their +1 - maybe you can reach one of them and suggest that as a way to earn their vote (isn't it a favor to them to show up as arm candy to someone?). Or maybe if Zorana doesn't get to attend anyway she can publish an interview where she can try to spin not attending Agonalia as a good thing to mitigate the results (either through implying the High Pontifex has it out for her but politely, or that Zorana believes it is more proper for an Imperial candidate not to bring politics into the realm of the religious, or to double down on saying that Zorana doesn't consider it appropriate because she wouldn't want to favor one religion above the others).

Still about Agonalia, but not only, I wish there was even more places in the story where someone told you/Zorana learned about what the rumors/the common people think. I'm thinking about something like the satirical poem that reaches Elodie, reaching Zorana after she fails to attend Agonalia. Not even as an event with checks or anything, just Zorana seeing the caricatures/satirical drawings of her looking down her nose at Ethexae if she wasn't at Agonalia, or maybe an Internet sketch mocking her turn 8 interview/mocking the interviewer if she did well, and being impacted by her mood. I love the "My Best Friend Confessed Their Love To Me And", and the existence of the turn 8 interview, and Kxenia keeping Zorana up to date on what's said on forum boards, but I would love more of these, especially as reactions/comments on Zorana and her choices.

I also wish but realize that it's not implementable if there was a way to steal people away when they've thrown their votes in with another candidate. Maybe only certain electors (Zolot, I'm looking at you) or maybe only after an enemy of theirs was caught behind as assassination of Zorana.