Ottomans

[Abbadaggus]

@ParasitSkills84

Hi Ottomans muuust come to the game

Hell yea. Even ignoring the Ottoman Empire is perhaps the most important empire and civilization of the late Middle Ages (that is, AoE IV!), it would take some serious poker face to disagree with you:

[Poll] Which civs do you want to see in DLC? Corrected to include all relevant Age II civs

Below is an exhaustive poll of all civs in Age II that would belong in Age IV (Goths and Huns are excluded for anachronism, Burgundians because of overlap with French; if you really want them, specify in comments). Age II’s list is pretty exhaustive, and has established fan recognition, so it’s the best source for an unbiased poll of civs. For the few prominent cultures it missed, there’s a poll option for interest in non-Age II civs. Age IV will have fewer civs than Age II, with necessarily mo…

@RoamingHare5939

Ottomans were only in Aoe3 because of their gunpowder

Not really, trust me (my name is Abbadaggus).

In factual basis, the Ottoman Empire started “AoE III” as the main superpower with easily the top battlefield victory record, and the only world empire active in Europe, Asia, Near East and Africa. That’s why it’s in AoE III.

For these reasons, the Ottomans technically belong in AoE IV even more than in AoE III.

@RoamingHare5939

As Aoe4 is set in a midieval world they might not be able to compare against to the other civilisations as they didn’t develop technology such as the great bombards back then

Yes they did. Turkish Great Bombards are from 1451, very -VERY- much inside AoE IV’s coverage.