New DLC with new civilizations coming soon

[IronRata]

Hello people, I hope you are all very well For those who haven't seen it yet:

"Age of Empires III: Definitive Edition: After giving our players a new way to play for free in 2023, we are excited to reveal a new DLC with new civilizations".

https://www.ageofempires.com/news/new-year-new-age-announcement/

Greetings

[Cquarto91 Warband Mod Archiver]

Nice also AOM Retold!!!!!

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ok

[Ash//Fox]

After the Bloodlines 2 trailer I need something to feel a little better, this is definitely it

[Whakahoatanga]

Crossing my fingers for something out of Oceania or Africa like Maori, Zulu, Kongolese, Songhai, Moroccans among others.

More Asian civs would be welcome too. Koreans come to mind.

[Catalytic]

I just hope they have something up their sleeves that's interesting game play. I don't want to see a rehash of stuff that's already in the game with different graphics and a bunch of words in a foreign language slapped on it. There's already a ton of strategic diversity in the game, so much so that there's a massive learning curve. And I really don't want to see a whole new gimmick/mechanic created to justify a new civ(s).

We'll see what they've come up with, but right now, I'm just hyped that they've got a team still actively working on the game!

[ThunderClap]

I'd love to see either some new Asian civs or Denmark with Poland-Lithuania

[Handsome Hell]

Return of Medieval Age remake Aoe2 gameplay Aoe3 :)

[Hannibal]

We want campaigns, we are tired of playing mindlessly through skirmishes and multiplayer

[Don Piano]

Originally posted by Hannibal:

We want campaigns, we are tired of playing mindlessly through skirmishes and multiplayer

nah

[Don Piano]

Originally posted by Catalytic:

I just hope they have something up their sleeves that's interesting game play. I don't want to see a rehash of stuff that's already in the game with different graphics and a bunch of words in a foreign language slapped on it. There's already a ton of strategic diversity in the game, so much so that there's a massive learning curve. And I really don't want to see a whole new gimmick/mechanic created to justify a new civ(s).

We'll see what they've come up with, but right now, I'm just hyped that they've got a team still actively working on the game!

totally agree

[Rhalius]

I hope to see new civs added that use the asian dynasties mechanics, we have not seen that yet since the remake and it could allow for a bit of a rework of embassies for existing asian civs too. With so many factions added already, some of those could now also show up in embassies.

I would not mind middle eastern civs or more African civs either. New African civs could also use the African mechanics.

[DoctorAnubis]

Hopeful that we can get some more African civs.

[ShadowFox]

Originally posted by Cquarto91 The QQ Baidu Guy:

Nice also AOM Retold!!!!!

Lowkey was wondering if that got abandoned or something its been so long with no news

[King Hades]

I did do a little list of the civs I think most likely.

Of course, if recognisability by the market is anything to go by, Zulus, Brazil, Morocco, Persia, Poland-Lithuania, Denmark-Norway and Korea are probably the best candidates. They need to sell the game at the end of the day.

However other candidates that I can see get in, are Oman (Who actually did form a Naval Empire during the period and are really a good contender for a candidate for this), Mapuche (Another South American civ with quite the area and existed as an independent state until not long before WWI) and Maori. There are others but...

..If we include Oceanic civs... we also get new terrains and Natives to play with..

[Rhalius]

I honestly don't think they could do much original with yet more European or European colony factions, we have plenty for now. Maybe later in the future again but the very last pack already focused on Europe.

Since they'd want to go with something that sells, I imagine they would go with an area that would result in new maps, native allies and mercenaries.

Middle East seems to be the most untapped region in that regard. Persia has been highly requested so would be a perfect fit.
They could get away with maybe pairing them with Morocco or the Barbary states.

I honestly think the Barbary states would be able to offer very different gameplay than any other faction so far due to being a straight up pirate faction. They could maybe have similar level up mechanics as the African factions while Persia could be given the same as the Asian dynasties, advancing through wonders and able to build an embassy.

Persia could also come with an architecture that could be partially applied to the Ottomans.