Dear Viking Fans

[Ragnarr Loðbrók]

Pray for Odin that the next DLC contains the fellow Viking Raiding Party!

Can't wait for it :3

[Many-Named]

ofc it will!

[PeteSkTemplar]

Dark Ages only kind of historical approach would be to take later "vikings" like Kingdom of Denmark.

[Pev]

Fans of vikings

[SilentWhisky]

they will call them "Denish", not vikings.
since the game is somewhere between 1200 - 1500, so.....it's a bit after the vikings established a strategic presence over some countries, so it's less of a "raid" and more like a proper war between nations.

I wonder what other civ they can bring to the table, any ideas?

[PeteSkTemplar]

Spain or Kingdom Hungary or one from Far east or subfactions.

[Lotor13]

Originally posted by SilentWhisky:

they will call them "Denish", not vikings.

Just a detail

Like Germans are Holy Roman Empire (and Teutons in AoE2)

[Silhouette]

The Ayutthaya Kingdom, (a kingdom of Siam), and the Ethiopian kingdom would fit the time period nicely. Though getting the Polish-Lithuanian empire and Aztecs are probably higher on the list.

[James3157]

More new civilizations will come out eventually, but slowly probably. The exact same reasons why AoE IV is probably going to continue making dlc many years later just like AoE II: DE and its previous versions before DE, the first dlc on AoE IV (minus Ottomans and Malians since they were added for free) had four variants but only two civilizations that were actually new, the civilizations have tech trees and unique units that are more similar to AoE III: DE than AoE II: DE meaning they seem to be bigger and more complex than AoE II: DE tech trees, and contrary to AoE II: DE the time period for AoE IV is apparently shorter meaning that it starts at 1000 A.D or C.E instead of late 4th century with the Goths from the Alaric campaign. The highest number of actual "new" civilizations from each dlc instead of civilization variants at most is probably going to be limited to just three or four at most and only come out once per year as well, but at least in theory most of the new dlc packs are probably only going to add two or three new civilizations besides any additional variants. Assuming that the next dlc is going to add up to four new civilizations they are probably going to be the Spanish and Aztecs in addition to maybe the Incas and Mayans as well, but as mentioned previously four is probably going to be the maximum number of actual new civilizations you can expect from a dlc involving AoE IV that only comes out once a year.

[James3157]

Originally posted by SilentWhisky:

they will call them "Denish", not vikings.
since the game is somewhere between 1200 - 1500, so.....it's a bit after the vikings established a strategic presence over some countries, so it's less of a "raid" and more like a proper war between nations.

I wonder what other civ they can bring to the table, any ideas?

I disagree actually. I think that AoE IV possibly could date as far back as 1000 A.D or C.E instead of the 13th century.

[MattThor]

I would not mind vikings being a variation of the Rus.

[Rhalius]

I think Kiyvan Russ would be a better variant for Rus.

Norway would probably be the Viking nation, and I think it should be fine to add them, maybe especially being good with early aggression and raiding, and perhaps in their mechanics capable of staying with the Norse gods or becoming Christian. Could depend on their landmarks. Their castle age landmark could affect this similar to the Japanese.
One could enable knights and the other could maybe give additional upgrades for their viking unit so it stays relevant in the late game.

Norway could maybe be paired with the Scottish, and irish could be a variant of the Scottish or the other way around.

I think Spain is a big contender to add, possibly combined with the Moors and a reconquista campaign.

Italian states could work, being variants from the start perhaps. Venice, Milan and Genoa for example, could all be variants of each other, sharing much of the same roster but each having their own landmarks, at least one unique unit of their own and some unique techs.

[James3157]

Originally posted by Rhalius:

I think Kiyvan Russ would be a better variant for Rus.

I think Spain is a big contender to add, possibly combined with the Moors and a reconquista campaign.

If Spanish were to added along with Berbers or Moors (Berber variant?) that possibly could mean no Aztecs as well. The reason why is because it would make more sense for Aztecs, Mayans, and Incas to be included together rather than sold from seperate dlc. These three civilizations are also distinct enough that none of them would be variants on AoE IV. I can however imagine Leon (Alfonso VI)/Aragon being a variant in the future for the Spanish on AoE IV from a seperate dlc.

[Rhalius]

I honestly don't care to see any meso-american civs added because it just can't be done if they want to be more accurate this time compared to AOE2.
They have no cavalry, siege or much in the way of ships.

It's better to stick with civs that do have those things, who fit better with the gameplay. Besides, that's pretty much the end of the medieval period.

Would be better to save the meso-americans for a future AOE game focused entirely on the pike and shot era. Still hoping for that personally because it's often overlooked.

[rbdoallo]

I pray for Hussites, there is a lot of ''vikings'' in the Rus and the Byzantines (Varangian guard) factions... also Spain and some Italian city State.

[James3157]

Originally posted by rbdoallo:

I pray for Hussites, there is a lot of ''vikings'' in the Rus and the Byzantines (Varangian guard) factions... also Spain and some Italian city State.

If Italians eventually come to AoE IV (although, I am not 100% certain of this because of the Holy Roman Empire) they would probably have a variant civilization (Venice?) added later, but the Spanish are more likely to come before Italians to AoE IV.