I was thinking about how a Path of Radience styled base could return and then I had an idea. a Player character Point of View type design. Like if you are a Mark/Robin tactician type. The title screen is inside of your tent and the base is from your point of view with all of the diferent menus being organic. Of course it could also be adjusted to be an inn if you are restint within a town.
I know this sketch is very simple but I think it has something neat. And it could be a way to justify not having a walkable base like the Somniel or Monestary.
And of course having your marriage partner sleep in your tent is like juicy fanservice thing. Maybe even if you idle on the title screen you start to head back to bed and just rest next to your waifu/husbando of choice.
And maybe if you are in a battle right now the tent could be empty.
And then you could build the entire HuD around this POV gimmick, maybe even have the start of battle showcase you use your “tactician eye” to change the view from PoV to overhead. Like tacticians are already magic coded, might as well make their ability to give commands and observe the battle magical.
I know this has not been mechanical at all but anyway here I am lol.