New civ is coming

[ArrivedLeader22]

Yeah I know that.

From the exact same interview:

@jimmy19846071

“The feedback from the fans was sometimes blunt,” Mann remembers. Players know what they want. But you can’t follow their wishes blindly. “We had Age of Empires 3(The original article mentions Age of Empires Online but no such card system exists in that game) players who would have liked to have had the card system from that game in AoE 4,” Isgreen says in disbelief.

Disclaimer: I’m not aiming at anyone. This is just to show how the developers are so afraid of mentioning any AOE other than AOE2, or giving the impression that the game is inspired by anything other than AOE2. That may not be their genuine thought but marketing strategies.