2 civs, I warrant. Mississippian civ and some African civ (dunno which one. Maybe the Bantu people or Kongolese people?)
Maybe 3 new civs if the devs can squeeze in ONE more European civ, but in my own forum post, Future DLCs and the argument for/against NEW Civs - Age of Empires II: DE / II - Discussion - Age of Empires Forum
I state that I seriously doubt any more European peoples than can feasible be added as “new civs”.
Mississippian civ: bonuses can be lowered food cost on ALL military units (but they retain their full gold cost…think like the Portuguese gold reduction bonus but for food instead of gold), some other eco bonus similar to the Aztecs, Mayans, and Incas. And that they get faster moving foot archers
And this civ can be able to train the Eagle Warrior, and the Iroquois Warrior (and maybe an Elite variant of the Iroquois Warrior)
Very much agree. After Tartars and Cumans, AoE2 has been “cavalry archered-out”.