There is a poll that separate east asian players and non-east asian players. The poll shows that non-east asian players tends to mid(positive for Khitans and Jurchens but negative for 3 kingdoms). I think the sales will be average/low-average.
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You and those on forums are already hard enthusiasts of the aoe2, I think that the devs want to gain new audience from new Chinese players that haven’t played/interested in aoe and found a way to attract them.
In fewer words, they don’t want to please you or me, an already enthusiast. Me and you are already buyers to them, their aim is for newcomers.
I think it’s really sad that if we follow this theory, they will never make DLC about Africa again because this theme won’t attract newcomers.
Its hard to fill a cup, that is already full. I think the issue is,
AoE2 did long ago reach a stage where you can’t add more,
without to break what is already there.
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You should all buy the DLC, leave a negative review then refund.
It will hurt them more.
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Maybe the better solution would be to make ideas for DLC that makes sense and money?
Like Ireland and Scotland DLC? Why not simply revisit and extend William Wallace timeline?
Look, each nation has a very rich history, that can be done into a story and faction DLC.
There have been like dozens of clans alone in Scotland.
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I was surprised they included an African DLC in the first place. Also for the same reason there will be no Balkan civs, besides Bulgarians etc..
Not enough potential buyers.
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I think bundling American and African civ in one big DLC would be the best strategy.
2 American civs, 2 African civs and 1 Eurasian civ. A bit for everyone.
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If a Chinese player interested in 3k but did not played aoe2, there’s a high probability that he’s already played other 3k-themed games. There have been too many 3k-themed games, I can’t see anything unique in aoe2 that would attract these players.
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You know people also said the same about V&V…and it turns out the “enthusiasts on the forum” were the relative more defensive community (like 50/50), while the “silent majority” gave it a solid mostly negative.
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hey they look fun and i get great value of 5 civs. Playing 3 kingdom campaign will also be interesting. So i get some great value. This is the one dlc that i have preordered. I guess im that target audience. Although i do feel the 3k civs are a bit lazy design wise outside of uu.
Lmao Ireland and Scotland arent major players missing from the game
Thats not a DLC that “makes sense”
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I think he was just being sarcastic by suggesting clans be added similar to you know what dlc.
it better chronicles DLC
Scots and Irish are a very popular civ proposal
only as Picts and Gaels though
I don’t like the 3K civs, but I’m looking forward for the Jurchens and Kithans.
I already bought it.
This is how I feel about Call of Duty and Battlefield (failed twice at Battle Royale). Better dead than ruin the great legacy. Forgotten or World’s Edge can still salvage this.
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“Join me in not buying this new DLC”
Can’t you just not buy on your own, tell us and the devs here that you’re not going to buy, and see if people agree with you on their own? Why do you have to try and make it some huge change_dot_org rally cry thing? “Everyone let’s bring down world’s edge and make the devs unemployed, that’s the only way! woohoo!!!” 
It’s posts like yours that make me want to buy it at launch or pre-order it, when I was probably going to wait for a sale.
“bad DLC” is subjective. How can they predict with 100% certainty that the fanbase will choose to lambast a year’s worth of work (or however long they worked on it) because two units are hero-like, one civ wasn’t removed, and 3 new ones are in “the wrong era”? It’s a game, not a history sim… as others have stated. If that impacts your enjoyment level, don’t buy, yes, talk about it… and see if the next DLC is one you love if they make another one
You really think they made the DLC the way they did to purposely tick the fan-base off, hoping fans would start change_dot_org-like forum rally cries to not buy? Accidents happen. Future is not 100% predictable. If we voice our opinions in a non-“sky is falling” way, maybe they’ll listen and shift the content over to Chronicles. I’m not convinced it needs a huge protest to make that happen
PS: I think I see some folks from the AoE3 thread area who advocated for AoE2’s (and World’s Edge’s, etc.) demise simply because AoE3:DE’s DLC got nixed and that game lost all dev support. If I were the devs, I’d take some of the comments above with a grain of salt. Some would love nothing more than for AoE2’s DLC to fail, and AoE franchise development to completely stop
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