Immortal Pillars release date and information

[LionSaurus]

Trying to gather what I can of information so let's start with the most important bit - DLC is releasing 4th of March.

We are getting 12 gods which include 3 major gods (so no 4th major god).
The major gods are F U X I, Nüwa, and Shennong.
Chiyou is one of the minor gods and we have seen him as a unit so I'm guessing there are some minor gods you can summon/play? Cool.

9 level campaign. So I'm guessing 9 scenarios/missions for campaign. Sounds small, but if it's of high quality I think I will be okay with it.

7 new maps with a new biome.

Also got info on myth units and regular units, but figure this is a good start :)

[LionSaurus]

From the Age of Empires official site:

Overview
The Chinese excel at expansion, constructing magnificent cities across the map. Each building extends Favored Land, generating Favor and granting powerful bonuses based on the chosen God. The larger the empire, the more divinely powerful the Chinese become.

Two worker types fuel this growth: the Peasant and the Kuafu. Peasants are less efficient than other cultures’ Villagers but are supported by the Kuafu, powerful giants who excel at constructing buildings.

Military Buildings can be enhanced with Towers or Training Yards, providing defensive or offensive advantages. While lacking early cavalry, China excels at siege with powerful Chu Ko Nu and siege weapons from the Machine Workshop. Each Town Center can also summon Terracotta Riders once for emergency defense.

Chinese heroes are trained at the Imperial Academy. Pioneers scout and deploy Sky Lanterns, Sages are much stronger and can heal allies and charm enemies. At the peak are legendary demigod heroes, unique to each God, who possess devastating abilities.

[NoobusMaximus]

AoE3 died for this. This better be good!

[Susen]

Originally posted by NoobusMaximus:

AoE3 died for this. This better be good!

oh it defiantly will be, retold has far far greater potential than aoe 3de ever did

[renehvac]

Originally posted by NoobusMaximus:

AoE3 died for this. This better be good!

It's not dead yet; there's a petition to reconsider making the Polish/Danish DLC

[Princess Nicol]

do we know if there will be additional scenario to arena of gods ?

[Dante]

AOE DLC prices going up again...

[NoobusMaximus]

Originally posted by renehvac:

Originally posted by NoobusMaximus:

AoE3 died for this. This better be good!

It's not dead yet; there's a petition to reconsider making the Polish/Danish DLC

That's a good idea.

[Keïnos]

As far as I know from the official page, there will be 4 major gods.

[IEatCats]

Zhuque is the Chinese name for vermillion bird

Yazi is the dragon engraved on many Chinese swords

Taotie and Taowu both mentioned who are part of the Four Perils (四凶), 2 more myth creatures may come from here

Sun Wukong looks to be absent from the artwork and may have been dropped as a god entirely

Originally posted by Keïnos:

As far as I know from the official page, there will be 4
major gods.

If this is based on the text description, neither Gonggong or Zhurong should be 'main gods' because of their destructive god powers

[Valkez]

Originally posted by Keïnos:

As far as I know from the official page, there will be 4 major gods.

It's 3: Fuxi, Nüwa and Shennong.

Hopefully they don't leave the Norse as the only civ with 4 major gods, it's awfully asymmetrical.

[Valkez]

This is ridiculous, can't spell F uxi coz Steam censors the name.

[LionSaurus]

Originally posted by Valkez:

This is ridiculous, can't spell F uxi coz Steam censors the name.

What? F to the u to the x this lol. Guess I gotta edit my OP.

[Merethys]

Originally posted by LionSaurus:

Chiyou is one of the minor gods and we have seen him as a unit so I'm guessing there are some minor gods you can summon/play? Cool.

Wouldn't bet on this. My guess is that he's a special campaign unit, like Osiris or the statue of Poseidon.

Speaking of the campaign, it seems to be based on an actual chinese myth, which is certainly a step up from the very generic EE campaign. Though it seems it still is chinese-only, as I don't see how the other pantheons would fit into this story.

[LionSaurus]

Originally posted by Merethys:

Originally posted by LionSaurus:

Chiyou is one of the minor gods and we have seen him as a unit so I'm guessing there are some minor gods you can summon/play? Cool.

Wouldn't bet on this. My guess is that he's a special campaign unit, like Osiris or the statue of Poseidon.

Oh, yeah. That makes more sense. You are probably right :)