But there is no way RoR and TMR was sold more than DOI. So civ problem is definitely bigger.
The three Indian civs have a higher pick rate than Romans and Bengalis and Gurjaras have a higher pick rate than Armenians in +1200 ELO, although in all ELO they are the three least picked.
Sure, the civ design id wobky and that doesnt help, but I dont think the fact that they are locked behind a DLC is insignificant.
In fact the bottom 7 civs by play rate are all DLC civs in +1200 elo
Also, Im not sure that DoI sold better than the latter DLCs. RoR got a lot of Steam reviews, and a lot of people just wanted the AOE1 port
Eco is now weaker compared to many other civs and you can’t really counter both units from 2 different players on your own. In general, generically strong units are better than counter units in TG.
yes, very weak tech tree. One over-nerfed, two without enough proper buffs.