Devs should add more Civs to each of these architecture styles.
Let the Chronicle Saga grow, they will eventually someday release some additionnal civs using those sets. But we need to let time do its job.
It’s only their second year of existing, CaptureAge as dev studio, and they aim to bring narative story to live. Alexandros was a hot topic, Roma will be another. Eventually they could then add some other sagas like Akkadian, Egyptians, Hitties, Trojan, Babylon, Hebrew, Canaan, Phoenicians, Carthage, and lots of other story I don’t even know about !
But I agree that the architecture sets are pretty nice !
With some XS scripts it can be used on random maps to change civs architecture to play in ranked game, so maybe you should repost a request on the mod discussion section to ask some modders to create some random map scripts that alter civilizations architecture style according to the map. For example, Arabia, having some civs architecture altered. The only issue with that idea is that player not owning the DLC could then play with the said architecture style, which isn’t fair for the devs, but it’s not the real civ gameplay.
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So this is confirmed that Rome is coming next?
The last words of the narrative in the alexandros DLC will give us clue of what’s next to come.
If they go chronological, the logical next is first punic war period, with Pyrrus invasion of Italy. So with that logic in mind, it could be Eppyrian + Phoenician (Carthago) + Latin (Early Rome).
Problem with Rome is that it’s not one straight civ, it’s more kinda like three civs stretched over time. Pre-Republic, Republic, Empire. They were pretty different in their logic, so you’d need at least two civs, one to represent early romans that could also be used for italic guys, and one that will cover republic and empire.
But about the fighting style, republic had a long part using a special style called Triplex Acies, which got replaced by Legio by Marian reform in late republic.
The Empire also had two fight style evolution, Legio and lately limitanies and comitatenses.
So nothing is confirmed, but lots of chance that First Punic war period will be 3rd DLC, or pre-punic war eventually. There is story to tell about the transition between Alexander the Great and the Roman era.
One obvious thing was that to go to rome era, we needed elephants for Carthago and Pyrrus. We received Thracian and Macedonian and Puru. Thracian are part of Rome history. Parthian are too, Gauls, German, Britons, Carthaginian, and all the italic different cultures. We’d also need Numidian and Iberian to be able to do entire Rome saga.
My guess about Rome content is that they will split it in multiple DLC, the first one will probably be about punic era, so phoenician, iberian, numidian.
The second one will be about the civil wars, post marian reform, spartacus, caesar, pompei, octavius, etc, so they will need gauls, britons, parthians.
The third one will probably focus arround germania and barbarian invasions, vandals, wisigoths, ostrogoths, etc.
All depends on how the team decide to tell the story of Rome, and also if they got budget to do so. The best thing to do is play Alexandros dlc, and see if there is any hint at the end of the narrative, as there was at the end of BfG narative.
Punic War should be the next topic. Scipio, Hannibal, etc, famous names there.
You can combine a Chronicles DLC about the Punic Wars and also about the Rome conquest of the Germania, Gallia, Hispania, Britannia, Dacia, Illyria, etc. Giving and introduction of Trajan at the end.
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the walls for the Achaemenids are so cool. they should give just the walls to the Persians.
Chronologically, the next one would be about the wars of the Diadochi. And after that, Rome
Except if Diadochi is in the Alexnadros DLC. But yeah, Diadochi, Early Rome, Pyrrus, Punic Wars, Caesar, Octavian, etc.
Yes and no. Think of quality, 18 mission per DLC, if you combine too much topic at once, you’ll loose quality. Hispania (Iberia) will definitly be with the second punic war topic, the question is, will this be in the same DLC as first punic war or not. Germania and Britania will probably be on the same DLC as Caesar invading Gaul. Dacia and Illyria will probably be in the same DLC, it depends a lot if they go for the history of Rome, of the history of roman commander one by one.
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Wont Diadochi be just variations of Macedonians with maybe with additional units?
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Going by the Rome at War mod, likely not.
Both Seleucids and Egyptians are playable as civs. So a Diadochi campaign would likely be split between those two and a third option.
Third could go in all sorts of directions, like Mauryans (who interacted with the Seleucids) or someone else entirely.
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The Roman Republic would be required for the Diadochi Chronicles. Carthage too, Parthians, Mauryans and Gauls. And Epirotes.
Only if they follow certain characters. Otherwise, it’s not needed.
Also I don’t see them throwing in Rome as a last-minute style addition. If it’s not added in a “Punic Wars” DLC, then I will be shocked.
I wonder what the Romans will be called, because we already have the Romans in AoE2, and crossplay would be confusing.
Will be called “Roman Republic”
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Call them Latins and kingdom republic empire can be things you can select similar to athenians.
I wonder if they will hint the next Chronicles DLC at the end of the coming one again. Then we will know.
Diadochi will be a lot less popular setting compared to Alexander or Romans so maybe they will skip them?
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It depends, since Diadochi Wars happened immediately after Alexander’s death, the Macedonian armies that fought there didn’t change much.
Ptolemaic Dynasty - In theory, although the Macedonian Conquest of Egypt changed the government to a new Hellenistic dynasty, it seems that the Egyptian religion continued, as did most of the attributes, and their Unique Units didn’t change. If this is the case, at least the Egyptians could emerge as Egyptians.
Antigonid and Antipatrid dynasties, they could very well remain Macedonian; their armies didn’t vary much from the original ones used by Alexander the Great or his father Philip.
Thracians - They are still Thracians, so there wouldn’t be a problem.
In fact, one might wonder if the 18-level campaign will be just Alexander’s, or if there will be a section for Purus and Thracia. Because if there is a section for Thrace, perhaps they will add their part in the Diadochi conflict after Alexander’s death.
There is also the possibility that the three parts of the campaign will not include a Puru and Thracia part, but rather a “Full Macedonia” part: one part with Philip, another with Alexander, and another part of the Diadochi conflict.
they already said 16 macedonian scenarios and one scenario for each of the other two
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Achaemenid Architecture fit perfectly for Babylonians and Assyrians. Also the war chariot was marked as a regional unit.
Really? Wow.
Now I wonder if the Macedonians will have elephants or not. At least Pyrrhus’s army did, and he was Macedonian.
Perhaps the campaign starts with Alexander’s father Philip, when Alexander was young, and then later Alexander the Great. 18 levels, though?
I think the only other case where another major campaign would be warranted would be for Tamerlane, who actually “summarizes” much of his exploits in the official campaign, even mixing events in the same scenario.
- The conquest of Transoxiana + The alliance with Tokhtamysh (which happened later) in the 1st.
- The betrayal of Tokhtamysh, the invasion of Herat, the alliance with the Sarbadar, in the 2nd.
- The war against the Ottomans + the invasion of the Knights Hospitaller (different times) in the 6th.
Even for this reason, there’s a custom campaign for the Origins of Tamerlane, which acts as a prequel, and consists of 7 levels (part1 + part2: 4+3). Adding it to the official one, and thinking it could be divided further, it would make up to 15, and that’s not even considering the fact that there are no levels for his invasions of Georgia (which he invaded about 7 times).
Well, i talked a enough of Tamerlane.
I didn’t know Alexander would have enough victories to carry out such a long campaign (18 LEVELS).
Maybe I’ll watch a documentary or a movie about his life to see what it’s like. The latest Hollywood one didn’t convince me (only two battles, and the second was cut). There must be better ones.