Get READY, Age of Empires fans!!! We are THRILLED to announce a MASSIVE opportunity to connect with the LEGENDARY Sandy Petersen, the mastermind behind AoE2, AoE3, and AoM!
Join us in the Ask Sandy Petersen channel Discord for an EXCLUSIVE interview where YOU get to ask YOUR questions! The most liked questions will have a chance to be asked directly to the core developer himself. This is your shot to get insights, from the core developer of this amazing game
As the largest AoE3 community, we couldnāt be more hyped to host this historic event. A HUGE thank you to Sandy Petersen for joining us!
The interview will take place on the July 18th and will be published on our YouTube channel later. Feel free to ask your questions in advance or during the session!
LETāS GO, AGE OF EMPIRES FANS! This is the moment to make your voice heard!
When they created the Ottomans, did they know that the civilization would be very popular due to its characteristics and play style?
Why, in a game originally based on the conquest of the Americas, did they prefer to add the Lakota and Haudenosaune as playable civilizations instead of the true civilizations like the Incas and Mayans, who did reach the level of complexity to become civilizations?
Italy is content cut from the legacy game. Why wasnāt the civilization really released in detail?
How did they come to the conclusion that Japan needed a small nerf to the shipping curve?
I followed Sandy on twitter. He often share something interesting while developing AOE series. He said he love AOE3 best.
But I really want to know, is it true that Bruce Shelly said AOE3 is.a big mistakeļ¼
I canāt find the original interview. All I can find are the same articles, they might purposely distort Bruceās ideas, and always be quoted to attack AOE3 by some AOE3 haters. Do you have a link to the original interviewļ¼
I wrote a wrong word. Not āthe some articleā but 'the same article. That means I canāt find the original interview article. So you mean the original article can only be seen on a paper?
Because the Lakota and Haudenosaunee did become empires in their own rights - the Lakota controlled vast areas of the central great plains. The Haudenosaunee controlled a huge chunk of New England. Each controlled vassal tribes and dictated trade across their lands.
They werenāt as populous as other civs in the game, but they were no less influential in their areas.
They wanted all 3 native nations to play differently. The Sioux added a cavalry based faction which AoE III was kind of missing. The Inca and the Aztecs are both quite similar from a militairy perspective so adding both would have felt redundant.
Not to mention they likely wanted the campaign to feature the new additions which would have been very difficult for the Inca. They would have to come up with a pretty convoluted reason for the Black family to travel to South America and stay there for an entire campaign. They already established that the Black family was involved in the Transoceanic railroad to the west so a conflict with the Sioux is pretty much unavoidable in the 1860s after the American Civil War.
Also though the Inca resisted for long the politics are very one-note. Unlike the Iroquois who had extremely complex politics. They also left a very significant legacy.
I do agree though that it would have been fun to draw attention to such an obscure civilization. However creating a story around them would have been very hard. Thatās likely also the reason the Aztecs donāt feature in the main story. However they had quite a large role in Blood campaign so thatās a little more acceptable. If they were to include an Inca campaign it would have to be Morganās son and Johnās father, Phillip, but why would he go to South America in the 1720s?
The Inca, though strong were nothing more than a hinderance to the Spanish.
They were discarded because they discarded the entire European continent and since the Italians didnāt have colonies, well, goodbye very goodā¦ the Swedes went directly due to lack of time and because they already had to launch the gameā¦
I do not understand, what happened? Why is there no interview? Why it āAsk Sandy Petersenā is suspended or closed? There is a similar situation on the āaoezoneā forum.
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The most liked questions will have a chance to be asked directly to the core developer himself. This is your shot to get insights, from the core developer of this amazing game 
