Optional Objectives/In-game Journal

[Battle_Lamia]

Let me start off by saying I enjoy games like this, and Mount & Blade, but I have a problem while playing them. There is so much to do that it can be overwhelming. I suggest adding an optional objective to guide players for different goals that they would like to accomplish. Here is an example: the user would like to make a city or a town, they would go through a small drop down menu screen and select "Building City" or something along those lines. Now once this is selected, a transparent UI would show up on the top right or top left with instructions. These instructions could be "Get X amount of Building Supplies".

My second suggestion is to have a Journal available for the user to leave themselves a note. For example: they're moving or they get caught up in school, college, or work. This Journal does not have to be a full blown update, but just to jot down a note for yourself so you can pick up where you left off in the game so you don't have to start over.