World Eras

Haha Age of Eco, but isnt this already kind of existend? via the research?!

There is eras but formalizing them would be really great. And a great way for the server to share in the achievement. Era 1 stone Era 2 agrarian Era 3 iron Era 4 logistics Era 5 steam Era 6 food revolution Era 7 electricity Era 8 industry Era 9 electronics Era 10 lasers

Eras would be fantastic not just for slowing progression but also just living in the world's we've built for a while. It's a shame how you often need to tear down a building within days of constructing it because a higher tier material is now available.

I think world eras could be a very powerful addition as it provides a lot of gate keeping mechanisms World eras could be generated automatically based on server settings (collaboration setting, amount of people on the server or active, ...) and bring in some randomness for different servers (like favorite food) or by server admin.* World eras can then be used to gate technology, you need a minimum amount of roads placed or towns connected by roads before moving on to the pre-industrial age unlocking mechanic. This could be setup using law mechanism, for example a certain amount of items crafted, a specific amount of settlements created, road connection between multiple towns, ... *ALL OF THIS is of course editable by the server admin **World eras should be toggleable on/off