These have both been suggested in the past. The state of the game is such that new developments aren't funded by EA and Envision have a project brief for the game that they don't share with the player base (and I wouldn't expect them to either!).
I am not an employee of EA/Envision. The views expressed are my own!
aside from ideas for new features. i'm convinced there are little things that are already in the game system that can be used to give more depth. for example, i have been seeing upgraded emp infantry on the latest server. unexpected and interesting while making me wonder what else is hidden within the system options?
I agree with gamerdruid, this has been suggested many times with no results, most likely because that's really complicated and the developer team does not have resources to do it
Actually, when looking through game data from the beginning there were variables suggesting a third faction called scrin, just like in some other cnc games, but it never materialized
Making a forgotten faction is not useful as most of forgotten units in terms of properties are carbon copies of gdi units, just with different pictures for in-game appearance
moreover, gdi and nod are not well balanced at the moment, and making a third faction without thinking hard about balance will break it even further
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if forgotten are to become a new faction then should research be more flexible?
Actually, when looking through game data from the beginning there were variables suggesting a third faction called scrin, just like in some other cnc games, but it never materialized
Making a forgotten faction is not useful as most of forgotten units in terms of properties are carbon copies of gdi units, just with different pictures for in-game appearance
moreover, gdi and nod are not well balanced at the moment, and making a third faction without thinking hard about balance will break it even further