The Spring and Autumn warring state period.

[Yoongmian勇面]

I hope New DLC will be feature in this late East Chou Dynasty
So we can play as 7 major factions , Qing , Qi ,Chu , Yan ,Han ,Wei ,Zhao

And other minor factions , such as Nomad faction in the north China and Ancient Vietnam Kingdom in the south

Do you all have the same opinions?

[planescaped]

Or even the sixteen kingdoms period. See the result of Wei and Shu's long war... the Qiang and Xiongnu(Xianbei?) conquer everything. XD

There aren't many memorable historical figures from that time though. Just a whole lotta fighting being China's dark age.

[Yoongmian勇面]

Originally posted by planescaped:

Or even the sixteen kingdoms period. See the result of Wei and Shu's long war... the Qiang and Xiongnu conquer everything. XD

Yup. So much potential for modding

[Yoongmian勇面]

Originally posted by planescaped:

Or even the sixteen kingdoms period. See the result of Wei and Shu's long war... the Qiang and Xiongnu(Xianbei?) conquer everything. XD

There aren't many memorable historical figures from that time though. Just a whole lotta fighting being China's dark age.

Yup , most of the generals or strategist are not recorded or the historical data has lost. I think the warring state period is the most suitable one , because most of the generals like Sun Tzu and etc

[edisonvn92]

I'd prefer the DLC race pack, meaning Xiongnu/Korea/Sanyue/Nanman, or new general/unit packs, to expand 3 Kingdom map, rather than an expansion on different time. Though I agree Warring states period is a good way to make expansion. That timeline is also good in a way that that time China was not united, so the kingdoms can be different from each other

[Remosu37]

The Spring and Autumn period would be interesting, but it'd be tough to depict it accurately, since territorial expansion was relatively rare, and mostly invasions led to vassalizations and tribute, not outright conquest. Most nations were competing for 覇 (Ba - Hegemony), not outright imperial conquest. Although it would make for interesting Total War variant, if you have very limited ability to annex territory, and mostly you are trying to vassalize other factions--plus you could include Sun Tzu himself as a playable hero.

I think the latter period of the Chinese Warring States, the 7 Kingdoms era when the Qin begins unifying the major states would make for the most natural Total War era, as it's an era of massive consolidation and conquest.

You could do one that starts with the partition of Jin, and the formation of the major players in 404 BC, or maybe 323BC when the Qin, Han and Yan all declare themselves Kings and you have the setting of the table for the last conflicts.

[The Former]

Yes, definitely. I've never gotten to play any game that covers this period, so it's something I'm especially hoping for. At least with the Three Kingdoms, a few other games have made it to my country. I'm hopeful for something like this, as they jumped time periods quite substantially for the Shogun 2 DLC.