Guess I just wanted to ask peoples opinions on this one but: 

Do you think it would be cool if YOU had your own operations and spells.

But then your FAMILY also got to pick 2 or 3 operations that were "Entire Family Operations"

For example:  You can contribute towards a defense station, so perhaps you could have a list of entire family operations that cost a lot to cast but effect the entire family.

Kind of like UBER operations that would take all the family to contribute towards.

Have a list of maybe 10 operations, and at SOR each family (or) leader can pick say 2 of them.

So each family would have to think about what "Entire Family" operations they wanted:

A Few Examples Would Be:

- Prepare For War:   

This would effect every family member seeing each empire begin radical procedures to prepare for war, been an expensive entire family based operation the effects would have to be good, perhaps each family member gets +25% in attack and +25% in defense, and gets faster morale regeneration for 12 ticks.

- Magically Protect The Empire:

A family based spell that that gives each empire in your family a massive magical boost for a set number of ticks, each empire gains +50 in magic for 12 ticks or something.

- Return of an Ancient Fleet: 

Your entire empire looks on in amazement as a legendary fleet that was reported lost in war many years ago suddenly returns home, your empire is alive with gossip and wonder, where have they been all these years, what news and stories do they have to tell.     For say 2 ticks any UNITS your family builds get a +40 Con bonus to represent new ships and forces returning home, also to account for cargo holds and supplies would say the families output of rezzies (iron, endro, food) are all increased by 100% for 2 ticks.

- Dispatch Medical Fleet:

Your empires all dispatch medical fleets to help in times of war (defense or attack) perhaps for 12 ticks a percentage of troops losses are simply send back to the main fleet.

- Portal Surge:

The cost of building portals is reduced by 50% for a set number of ticks, so all your family can portal up

- Mass Space Amaze: 

Speaks for itself, but been a powerful family opp maybe it could give another benefit as well, +25% Speed for example and -55% expo cost.

Guess the list could go on.   

If in the future such things were added then think it would gives families a bit more to think about and perhaps open up new ways or new styles of play.   Would your 2 family operations be aggressive / defensive / magical in nature / or even exploring or building based ones, which path would your family take.

I think I like this idea mainly because its something that affects your family, in other words its something that effects the entire "Team" with team been the main word.      For example how many times do you look at a family and say (They have 3 bankers, 3 attackers, 1 opps) or whatever combination it is.

Be kind of nice to look at that family and say YES they have this many bankers, and this many attackers but there family opps are geared up for magical burn, or for defense to they will be tough, or for attack, or for fast exploration and so on.    Kind of like saying each player can be different to the next but overall this would make each family a little different from the next, each family would have their own strong points. 

I do get carried away sometimes

Lol