Hi, for a bit of fun I thought I would set up a poll for which factions you would like to see make a return for a potential EL2 game. I have done the poll on strawpoll as you can only have up to 10 choices when making a poll on these forums. 

I have allowed for you to choose multiple factions but I would suggest choosing a maximum of 6 if you really can't decide but the fewer the better for a clearer result of which factions people consider their favourites as of now.

https://www.strawpoll.me/17411008

Above is a link to the poll, have fun.

If I could have 3 it would be the Broken Lords, Cultists and Drakken. Broken Lords just conceptually and aesthetically are awesome and have cool mechanics without being horribly complicated. Same goes for the Cultists really and as for the Drakken I just think they're cool and fun to play even if they don't have some crazy out there mechanics like some other factions. I feel not every faction has to be niche and complex to be fun. I just set up the poll to see what everyone else thought though and thought it could be an interesting discussion.

Kapaku because they apparently created a small part of Auriga to live on as everything iced around them.

Lotta potential their, the fire and ice dynamic is perfect.

Equally likewise, the Allayi, I doubt they'd die to some eternal winter, they survived the Endless, they can survive this.

Roaving clans for sure. Having said that their gameplay needs to be much improved. They should feel more like a nomadic but trade focus faction and more easy time depending on merceneries. 

That's like forcing you to pick your favourite child D:

That said, if I had to pick my favourite 3 it would be Morgawr, Necrophages and Allayi. Still, I would be happy with any returning faction since they are all so unique

Ardent Mages! Power through masochism! I will cut myself and burn all who stand in my way.

Join me in the ecstasy of contrition and mortification.

I don't think I could even live without Broken Lords and Cultists. Other than that, I like playing Vaulters and I really like the concepts behind the Ardent Mages and the Roving Clans. The Drakken are interesting too, the Allayi could be interesting but after seeing that little intro video of theirs, I just came to hate them with a passion. I'm not really sure why, but they really irk me.

I enjoy the Allayi thematically more than any of the factions.  They're winter souls and so am I, so I just kind of see a kinship in them.  I find the broken lords to be mechanically approachable and very focused in that they can tunnel vision on dust production and leverage it in ways no one else can.  I like the Drakken because they're steadfast, sturdy and more interested in uniting the world than sundering it--and they're friggin' dragons, man.

Considering their storyline endings in EL:

Necrophages - Kill a bunch of people, bury eggs beneath the crust to ensure return once Auriga thaws.

10/10 - will return practically unchanged.

Broken Lords - Build magical superdust generator to weather the the darkest season.

9/10 - will return having undergone cultural shift.

Ardent Mages - Undergo extremely superstition-filled process of virtualization.

8/10 - will return but very different.

Roving Clans - the tale of some dude making a killing.

0/10 - they ded.

Vaulters - Some fled into space. Some stayed behind to be swarmed by necrophages.

11/10 - Vaulters are the lovechild of this setting.

Morgawr - free themselves of their bonds and gains more freedom to walk the land? Dunno how they deal with the long winter.

5/10 - Unclear. Could return as a minor faction for all I know.

Drakken - leaders mind-controlled into serving the original tasks given by the endless.

4/10 - Minor factioned. They had their time in the spotlight. Give us diplodaemons next.

Mykara - endless cycle of retreating back into the crust and emerging along with the Urkans.

6/10 - Could come back if EL2 happens at the time of the Urkan's return, otherwise, sits out.

Cultists - Supercity of religious unity.

7/10 - If they make an RPG of it this, it would be the central hub of the game.

Forgotten - couple murders, edgy power in the shadows talk.

4/10 - Does not actually deal with the matter of the apocalypse in any way, shape or form. But Vaulter related, could come back? Dunno.

Allayi - Mops around, goes back into hiding can handle winter fairly well by default.

8/10 - Minor cultural changes likely.

Kapaku - learns the wonders of sharing. Also live in hellscape.

9/10 - Probably turn evil due to fantastic racism.

Wild Walkers - build glorious monument. Lampshades the prospect of turning into a ruin of a dead empire.

1/10 - Long lost dead elves. Minor faction'd at best.

Since Endless Legend is my fav Amplitude Studios game, I would like to see a sequel, but I have to state the obvious:

There can't be a sequel... not on Auriga at least.

The Auriga scenario was truly one of the best video game/design/story experiences of my life, but it's done, you can't have a sequel there. That story has been told.  

 If there is an Endless legend sequel, it has to be on a different planet, on some other corner of the galaxy.

The only races that could be used again are the heavily modified ones - done directly by the Endless (like the Hisso), and not unique to Auriga.

To conclude, I would like to see a sequel, but I'd rather prefer new and interesting factions, with a few familiar ones, as described above.

I think there is always a market for a 4X fantasy and magic component. But it would be a concurrent in the CIv market, the Humankind market, which is a direct competitor of Civilization VI.

It's hard to imagine an EL 2 coexisting with a Mankind, because the difference between the two is rather small. It will depend on how the market will work.

If that's the case, the new franchise of the Lord Rings developed by Amazon will be so great, that Amplitude will rush to make a game of heroic fantasy taking over the mechanisms of Endless Legend. : D

Fresh cast probably on a new planet. 

As an analogue of the lords of dust in AS2 there is a faction of the watery, but I would like to see these all-consuming knights in armor, with honor and dignity.