Just purchased to support this! Exciting times if this fulfils its undoubted promise. Whilst I have loved TEW for every iteration, the UI has been killing me for years, so this can I'm sure capture (and re-capture) that huge community!
My suggestions below some of course are already in TEW but adding them as I feel that game should now be the base/foundation to simply then incorporate, expand and improve on:
1. In game real-time editor (Ability to edit EVERYTHING whilst playing)
2. Writing Team with stats giving suggestions for storylines as well as ability to create your own of course
3. Images for venues and locations and venue ratings (Atmosphere, history, company affiliation etc)
4. Detailed match reports (ability to turn off if wished)
5. Weekly rankings (Like the old 2 pager Pro Wrestling Illustrated Ratings,Top 10s for every promotion for singles and tag teams, most popular, most hated) ALWAYS wanted this in TEW!
6. Booking Team / Road Agents with stats giving advice and suggestions on matches
7. Auto booking and auto angles optional
8. Production Teams and Production Companies and being able to mange granular detail of shows, presentation and media (Video games (who is in it), Films (which worker/s), Magazines (worker featured, event, company) etc)
9. Entrance Music (not actually music itself in game, but would that be different!) having Music Producers or purchasing licenced music for each show, workers. (Music has got workers over so think it needs to be included in some form)
10. Full and detailed worker and company history - Matches, Title histories, Shows, ratings, storylines etc) STATS STATS STATS to pour through and look back on
11. Broadcasters more detailed and with stats and people
12. TV ratings being more prominent in game
13. Match rating feedback from road agents
14. Full end of year awards basically like PWI of old
15. Modding made more user friendly and easier than TEW
16. Skin and presentation of screen changes for tv, big events etc and is based on production team stats (looks better based on stats and gives each show more immersion than just a logo)
17. Multiplayer online as well as local
18. Steam Workshop incorporated
19. Relationships between workers
20. Company relationships
21. Business relationships (Company with broadcasters, products, advertisers)
22. Game world changes impacting whats hot and not (trends, music, politics)
23. Dojos, ability to have more control and management of them
24. Certain aspects of media being locked off in certain eras when they wouldn't have been available (cable, online, DVD, Video etc)
25. AI controlled companies having carefully set behaviour (can make or break the game if they behave odd)
26. Event and TV promotion (Pre-Booking and running angles/segments promoting upcoming events tv shows) that effects both ratings, PPV buys and attendance etc
27. Backstage politics, groups etc being more prominent and detailed (and ability to manage it, handle it etc)
28. More detailed worker interaction (add to what is in TEW currently) for more immersion
29. Control of merchandising more. Ability to get behind a worker by creating different types of merch etc
30. Ring announcers having some meaning (as in TEW they are basically useless workers)
31. Announcing Team being more detailed (Scripted, in their ear, focus on worker, heel / face divide, style)
32. Having an interviewer as a worker role (think Mean Gene)
33. Increasing stats for more detail than current stats
34. Promos more detailed, era suitability, world trends, promotion product expectation (Backstage classic, PG, T, M rated, in ring, skit etc)
35. Expand current TEW product system giving more control and ability to sandbox edit it better to suit exactly the players vision of needs
36. Umbrella Organisations implemented (NWA etc)
37. Worker generation not being just regens of previous retired workers (and a vast library of worker pics)
38. Too late to have the option (keeping current format too for modding ease) for full body renders? (Like WMMA)
39. Company popularity having extra layer attached to certain regions (loyalty, history, poor shows effecting reputation)
40. Modding Tools (Logo editor, worker editor) not easy but a thought!
41. Office and Headquarter upgrades (limiting ability to have a certain size of team, departments etc)
42. Adding to merch options creating worker documentaries, video, dvd specials. getting workers tv interviews/appearances, all having an impact in overness or popularity of company
43. Moves and Finishing Moves given a more prominent role (seen more in game other than just seeing it in a tiny match report currently in TEW.
44. Worker's suggesting storylines, matches etc
45. Worker personalities in detail and should effect gameplay more (workers with difficult personalities should also act different depending on their standing in company) and workers being able to intervene on your behalf, locker room leaders play a larger role etc
EDIT...One more thing!!! Ability to add the same sticker pic pack from Gaz, as I cannot play TEW mods without them now....immersive!
I'm sure there is more if I sit here longer!!!! Some hard to perhaps implement, but certainly my dreams!
And again I think its simply a case of make most of TEW again with this UI and then expand it. Immersion for me is key, key!
Much love!