Make a Ladder for each Major & Minor God (Highest Rating in games played as Ra, Odin, etc. plus highest rating in games for each specific Minor God chosen. I think it would be interesting to see who is the best Ra player, best Zeus player, Best Bast player, etc.)
Make a Ladder for each Map type (Highest Rating in games played on Alfheim, Oasis, The Unknown, etc.)
Also, Collect data and RANK players in various statistics, both ALL Time, Monthly, Weekly, and rank by best per/game averages:
Games Played
1v1,2v2,3v3,4v4 games played
Total Wins
Total Losses
Winning percentage
Villagers created/lost
Villagers killed
Buildings created/lost
Buildings destroyed
Settlements taken/lost
Settlements destroyed
Military Units created/lost
Military Units killed
Myth Units created/lost
Myth Units killed
Ships created/lost
Ships sunk
Fortesses created/lost
Fortresses destroyed
Total Buildings erected
Animals killed
Relics captured
Fishing boats created/lost
Fishing boats sunk
"Best" Avg. Classical, Heroic, Mythic times
Techs researched
Heroes created/lost
Heroes killed
God powers used
# Days as leader on a particular ladder
Food Harvested
Gold Mined
Wood chopped
Favor acquired
Damaged dealt
Hit points acquired
Average Rank of Opponent
Average Ratings points gained per win
Average Ratings points lost per loss
Most wins versus each Major God (#1 Hades Killer, #1 Ra Killer, etc.)
Another idea (harder to track, maybe not that interesting):
Individual unit death blows/assists (death blow = final hit/shot resulting in death/destrustion of unit/building; assist = hit or shot on unit/building that assisted in killing/destroying that unit/building. NO assist given for when unit/building is NOT killed/destroyed. Pending assists are taken away if the unit/building attacked is subsequently FULLY healed or repaired to 100% hitpoints.) You could keep per/game records based on if the player had a unit in a game that recorded a record number of death blows/assists, and collect average death blows/assists per unit created.
And now the good part: All the data for making new Ladders & tracking All time world record holders for various stats already exists! ES only has to make a few more reporting options & ladders for the in game statistics. It would be nice if they could also post the leaders/record holders on a web site linked in real-time to the exisitng stats database, or if someone could figure out a way to query the data on their own and make their own website. I know that a very intelligent, enterprising individual has already figured a way to grab the Top 20 data (is it real-time?) and post it on a website.
I'm sure there are plenty of players who have ZERO interest in statistics, record holders, and ladders, but then again I'm sure that there are many players who would find this very interesting.