You said other regions covered by DLC are not as diverse as Caucasus would be. I just gave you a counter argument and that offends you.
I cannot do anything about it (you getting triggered for trivial forum discussions only). You are stubborn and you know it.
Have you noticed that I deleted the reply? Because I realized you are right.
My internet is slow (using a VPN in office network to access forums 11), you probably deleted it after I clicked post my reply but it loaded slowly and so it lagged.
Oh, well, understandable.
Basically, I think there should be multiple Indian sets, but the fact that there is only one does not excuse the Caucasus using the Mediterranean set. They’re similar in some ways, but clearly different in others, and I would have difficulty suspending my disbelief, just like how the Hindustanis have architecture that I feel doesn’t fit them.
I don’t think we should have a million sets, but I think we need enough to represent the general cultural diversity of the world represented in-game. And we already have too many Mediterranean civs as it stands, so there should be a separate set for Caucasus civs. Maybe someday we will have one or two new Indian sets, but I’m not holding my breath.
I’ve also been suggesting a Byzantine architecture set for a while, but I think Goths should go to the Mediterranean set or else something shared with Romans.
I also want a set for Huns to share with Mongols and Cumans.
I dunno, I think a Northern European set is a good idea. If the Frisians wouldn’t get the Western European set, I think the Northern European set would be a good fit for them.
It doesn’t have to be full nomadic where everything is a yurt.
Nomadic cultures had cities. Many. Specially along the concurred trade routes. Peoples would move and stayed there for a season before leaving to the next place.
Depending on the region, buildings would look more eastern, persian or slavic influenced, but a compromise can be achieved.
Ideally, houses woud be yurts in both feudal and castle age. Feudal age buildings could be a mix of wooden and mud brick buildings, tents and yurts, built in kind of rudimentary way, and then in castle age most buildings would be mudbrick and wooden buildings. Imperial age would see elaborated and refined techniques of construction and decoration, with a mix of persian and oriental elements.
the Huns could have “stolen” Roman-style castles, the Cumans same thing but Slavs, the Mongols instead in the Chinese style
Agreed. There definitely needs to be new architecture sets.
For East Asia I feel that the current set looks too Japanese, the Japanese civ can keep this set while a new generic East Asian set needs to be introduced for Chinese, Koreans, Vietnamese, and potential new civs like the Jurchens or the Dians/Nanzhao.
And we need a North Asian set for the Mongols and potential new civs like Tanguts and Tibetans.
For the other regions of the world, I’m not that familiar. But I think the Incas need to have their own unique Andean set that they could share with potential new civs from the region like the Chimus.
Aren’t the last two closer to the South?
Also, as I’ve said multiple times, Cumans, Huns and Mongols should get a shared set imo.
Nope, Tibetan architecture had a great influence in Northwest China and Mongolia, hence Tibetans, Tanguts, and Mongols should share a similar North Asian steppe themed set. Tibetan architecture is quite different from South Chinese and SE Asian ones.
And I don’t think Cumans and Huns should share a similar architecture set to the Mongols. Not all nomads were the same, they had been under different influences.
Personally, I think that the Japanese and Mongols should share a set, if we’re going with a new Chinese set for civs in that area. While the Mongols did make some buildings that were sort of Chinese-style, I feel like the current East Asian architecture is “rougher” and therefore fits the Mongols better than a sophisticated Chinese style would. What do you think?
Mongolian architecture is most similar to Tibetan ones, and not similar to Japanese ones at all. Historically Tibetan Buddhism has had a huge influence in Mongolia, hence a lot of the Mongolian aesthetics and cultural elements are similar to Tibetan ones.
The Japanese can keep the current East Asian set since I’m pretty certain that it’s based on Japanese architecture, whereas a new generic East Asian set needs to be created for Chinese, Koreans, and Vietnamese.
And there’s nothing “rough” or “primitive” about Mongolian/Tibetan architecture, nothing “sophisticated” about Chinese architecture either. Just different aesthetics and different available materials.
Current set is based off fantasy ideas the original devs had by seeing a close by asian restaurant.For me the best compromise would be to reskin the whole set based off tang dynasty buildings.Japanese buildings are directly influenced by that style if Im not mistaken.
Mongolian is just Yurts.
Tibetan is White Fortified Dzongs.
News flash: Practically all of the non-European, non-Muslim sets are like that. They are all exaggerated, flanderized versions of specific buildings, so that they stand out and are cohesive. Probably the worst offender is the Southeast Asian set. Past the Feudal Age, all of the buildings are based exclusively on religious structures and not vernacular architecture, but they went with that because it’s the most iconic and distinctive. Point is, don’t expect a great deal of accuracy in the sets.
Also, where did you even read/hear this?
Kinda obvious right you dont see any medieval houses and other buildings preserved well like in europe.Temples walls and palaces are the only buildings still standing for none european civis.
Sandy P said about the inspiration for aisan buildings in one of his interviews.
https://twitter.com/ForgottenEmp/status/844259024585441280
Hopefully the forum won’t censor that link. It’s unclear to me whether it’s a joke. If not, clearly the restaurant only provided loose inspiration for the Imperial Age roofs, not for the building set in general.
Speaking of new architecture sets, I quite like this mod Mods Single - Age of Empires , imo it gives the chinese a special feel, and would fit the mongols too. Take a look at my Shangri-la impression:
Unfortunately (for whatever reason), we can’t have an independent architecture mod for the DE.
Correct me if I’m wrong but the last new architecture set was the one for Tatars and Cumans with the release of DE, right?
