What about an alternate start?

[big_loo99]

Give the player the option of choosing the original corporation. Yes, you have to change missions, but it would give players some variety at the beginning of the game. Random appearance in some of the biomes, random starting tech, random complexity of the AI and their techs

 

[Geocorp Jumper]

Definitely a popular idea I’ve heard suggested a few times. The primary challenge would be how the developers would make it work. Things also would require some serious rewrites and reconsiderations, namely the crafty mike missions.

I did once suggest a slightly different idea, which could serve either as an alternative or as an additional feature to alternate starting corps. The idea I suggested was that we remove the standard progression mechanic of leveling up different corps, and instead have a singular level and experience bar. Then, every time the player levels up, they have the option to either upgrade a current license or unlock a new one.

 

[Zonko]

Starting as Venture is a lot of fun, and harder.