People who won't get the DLC

Age of Empires IV IV - Discussion
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First, the idea of variations is really good, not sure why they are not implemanted from one civilization and from there you have to make choice what would you like to play.

  1. Opponents have to scout and reasure what are you playin, following your build, seeing what units and strat you wanna go.

  2. You have much, much more options as a player to experiment, switch, adapt to.

3.If you are one trick pony, you will have different ways to make your favorite civs work.

So my question is.

Everything looks good with the new DLC, the only question is to those who purchased the whole game, waited for 2 years and suddenly there is fun on the horizon which I have to pay for.
So if I don’t wanna purchase the DLC, do I get something new, fun to the main roaster or they just stay the same ?