Individual civ DLC, like AoM gods pack?

Age of Empires II: DE II - Discussion
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Just thinking, how possible could be to have a single civ DLC, similar to God Packs from AoM (Freyr, Demeter) instead a 2 to 5 DLC release?

Each could contain: 1 civ + 1 campaign + regional update (only if it’s completly necessary).

For example, taking potential civs that would fit better in any of the past DLCs:

  • Chimus and Carib/Taino with The Last Chieftains
  • Dutch with Lords of the West
  • Tibetans (and yes, Tanguts) with The Three Kingdoms

With this concept of DLC, those civs could be added as individual release DLC than waiting for another regional DLC focused in America, Europe or East Asia, respectly. And, considering there’s another regions waiting like Africa, Balkans, Scandinavia, Japan?, Oceania and Meso and North America, this could be useful.

All the regional stuff were already implemented in the past DLCs, including aesthetics, units and balance stuff. The devs only need to make one single civ with the respective bonus, UU/UTs, castle and wonder, one campaign of 5 scenarios and release it for a fraction of a DLC price (5 USD?).

For example: take the Inca, replace the Kamayuk, the castle and the wonder, maybe add a second unique unit and change the bonuses. Congratulations! You have the Chimus! Now make the campaign… 5 scenarios? Not a big deal. Now release it as 5 USD DLC than waiting for a 5 years round for a second south american DLC? Sounds fair IMO.

Any other update like architecture or campaign changes, could be added as free update in the future. For example if Tibetans are released as individual DLC, they could released it as East Asian civ and in the future, update it’s architecture for a Himalayan one but as a late update than a day one, so the development could be easier.

About timing, one single civ DLC could be released each 3 to 4 months maybe? 1 or 2 between two AoE2 client DLCs.

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Civs are probably easier to make than the gods since most civs don’t really NEED more than a few unique arts: castle, wonder, UU and its elite. Granted every civ seems to have at least 2 UUs these days and it drives me nuts because somehow we nobodies re expected to prove ourselves as crafters and somehow modders and traits like Cysion magically did

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Maybe civs left behind in regions already covered could be an option. Like Chimu or the Kurds or Afghans.

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the only thing single civ DLC would achieve is another price hike. are you ready to pay 10 euro for a single civ?

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I think a new “forgotten” DLC with civs from different parts of the world would be better.

Godpacks work well in AoM because they are added to existing pantheons. I think the single civ DLC in AoE3DE were not a good thing, USA and Mexico could have just been sold as 1 combined DLC.

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Stop being so upset. Success is a combination of luck and hard work. Sometimes people can have one but not the other, and their lives turn out very differently. That’s just life.

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I don’t think anyone expects “us nobodies” to make complete civs. At most the actual devs might take a few individual ideas from this forum, but I am still doubting if anyone actually reads anything that is posted here.

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It could actually become problematic if they would make a civ based on a community suggestion. Some people feel entitled if the devs just use a single bonus they suggested somewhere, even if it was something super trivial, and demand money or recognition from the devs.

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Maybe the devs should have an annual or semi-annual civ design contest, where fans can create designs for civs that aren’t currently in the game, and the winner receives some money and has their design officially added to the game either unchanged or with only minor tweaks.

No, he was a modder, programmer, and businessman, and still is. He didn’t post designs online and complain that no one took notice of them. He took steps to make those designs a reality, and that’s why he succeeded and you haven’t.

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Honestly this is a good idea in one instance IMO.

An optional DLC that slightly redesigns and rewords the 3K civs to be more the rest of the game. As a bonus for getting this DLC, they’ll give you an extra civ like say the Tanguts.

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I like the idea, specially because there is less things that could go wrong. And could be easier to fix them.

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Stand alone Roman civ (without Return of Rome) and Roman and Byzantine campaigns, as we never had a Byzantine campaign

Fight me

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Yes, at some point they’ll have to rename the USA-MEX pack as a DLC: “Warriors of the Rio Bravo” (In the USA it’s Rio Grande, but the Spanish name sounds better)…

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Yes, Bari is no good…

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What happens to the people who already own RoR?do they get the campaign for free?

Only DLC with one new civi that would make sence is romanians as a civi and dracula getting corrected slavs magyars turks getting full campaigns.

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Probably, just like they included the Xie An scenario for VaV buyers before the 3K DLC launch…

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individual civs not so much. But a conqs style world de jour or civs for the regions we’ve already been to? Sure why not

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It should be a heavy discount. Discounts have already applied to people who owned AoE2 HD and bought DE, for example

Ceterum censeo Bari esse delendam

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An individual AOM civ DLC is a normal multi-civ DLC for AOEII!

AOM civs are essentially one AOEII art/region set and 3-4 civs within that regional art with their own unique units.

Please don’t suggest singular civ DLC as 1. it just doesn’t translate from AOM to AOEII and 2. don’t give W.E ideas on diluting DLC for AOE2…

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Something like I dunno: Chimu, Vandals, Thai, Tarascan, Songhai Alan’s each civ playing upon a different or a few regional units already set up to give them more screen time but it’s not a unified area