Idea, make a new big AoE3 Expansion instead of DLC. Like Chronicles

Idea, make a new big AoE3 Expansion instead of DLC.

Why not instead of double down, double up?
AoE3 timeline could use a Chronicles: Battle for Greece.

Like the Great Civil Wars. For Example Russia White vs Red Army, the Zaporozhian Cossacks uprising, Russian and Japan War, American Union vs Confederates, Canada Rebelion, Boxer Rebellion
Janissary revolt, Anglo-Zulu War and Samoa rebellion against Tuʻi Tonga Empire.

There is a lot of room.

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Mate they just put the next DLC on ice, what makes you think they will announce a new DLC?

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They cancled the DLC and all future updates, expect maybe minor bugfixes and balance changes. MS made their decition, AoE3DE is now in maintenance mode and will not receive anything significant unless they change their mind.

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No. It’s far worse than that. All support has been officially cancelled. They only thing they committed to was not shutting down the servers, which the couldn’t do anyways since they are shared with AOE2 and AOE4.

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It’s not the first time they abandon an IP to come back later for it.

I kind of understand in modern day and age, Europe Colonial time is a topic you can’t pick up as a big company, but as we can see, sooner than later we can go back to history be history and show again the historical accurate horrors of the past.

Let’s say 5 years later, all you need is just to build up on the existing engine more stuff
and that’s where I imagine having a proper AAA RTS game about the mayor Civil wars and uprisings.

IF they come back to the game in say half a years time surely the best choice would be to finish the DLC they started on?

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You mean like admitting their incompetence and mismanagement?

How could that even happen?

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I think Victors & Vanquished is a horrible DLC but ironically AOE3 could have one…quickly reuse the existing assets and the 2 (maybe) new models you made for the Baltic DLC. Dump a few historical battles or maps. It would sell well with a low price

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Not to mention Tilanus has already done a draft of both civs in the NE mod, so there is literally a blueprint hanging around. Its Euro civs too so not too hard to reuse many Assets

This was probably the most efficient type of DLC for man hours to profit and WE still couldnt be arsed

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“it’s basically free. You only have to publish it”

World’s Edge:

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