Been saying this for years with universal agreement…but the “devs” instead said “oH bUt ThAt iS NoT iNNoVaTiVe, gIvE tHem WeIRd RPG sCeNaRiOs wItH AlTeReD TeCh TrEEs, ThEY wIll LuV iT (V&V)” and then, after V&V failed, they were like “tHeY lIed, vOcAl MiNoRiTy, tHeY DO noT wAnT cAmPaIgN dLc, wE sHoUld NoT HaVE eVAh lIstEneD tO ThEm”.
We, smart people, don’t give a damn about “innovation” - this is a classic game from 1999, if we wanted some innovation so bad, we’d be playing AoE4 or other games. Just give us campaigns with 5 build and destroy scenarios, an ocassional escort/explore scenario with a few tasks, and an ocassional build & defend a wonder like it was in OG campaigns, and we will love it. That is what AOE2 is all about, not some innovative RPG nonsense with a trillion special objectives and triggers.