looks like aoe3 de also doesn’t add customization options to non-european civs as can be seen in this video: https://youtu.be/0BlDAblFJkA?t=291
The customization options added homecity chats which was so fun to read when it popped randomly:
but why this bias, why non-european civs don’t get customization options, let alone homecity chats? why? 
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