# Please don't change Persians to the Central Asian Architecture

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Personally I find the classic Middle Eastern set ugly and dated, so the less civs that use it the better.

> [@throwawayacerola](#):
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> I mean, we have unique monasteries now.

But not for most civs in the East Asian even though the classic one includes Shinto (a religion that only exists in Japan) elements. In fact the whole set is too Japanese to be used for anyone else.

> [@Mahazona](#):
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> I disagree the old ME set was fine as byzantines coverd that area as well before others took over.

I like how your logic is “they existed around that area” and not “that’s what their buildings looked like”.

> [@smiki5five](#):
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> If/when Teutons are split, the part of them that represents Brandenburg and the Teutonic Order could also get the red brick architecture, along with the current “Slav” castle model (which is actually Malbork, the seat of the Teutonic Order).
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> Let’s say:
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> - Central European: Swiss, Bavarians/Austrians, Bohemians
> - Central-Eastern European: Teutons, Poles, Lithuanians
> - Eastern Slavic: Ruthenians/Kievans, Muscovites, Novgorodians, Permians

For new architectures, I have some ideas:

> [@Byzantines should speak Greek](https://forums.ageofempires.com/t/byzantines-should-speak-greek/289314/9):
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> Byzantine/Caucasian (or maybe separate Byzantine/Bulgarian and Caucasian)  
> Second East Euro one (current East Euro is kinda overused)  
> Nomad (Huns+Cumans+Mongols)  
> Sinitic (Chinese+Khitans+Jurchens+Koreans+Vietnamese)  
> Ancient Chinese (if Wu+Wei+Shu are kept, though I’d prefer if they were removed)
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> And if not a Nomadic one, a Sedentary Mongolic (Mongols + Khitans? + Jurchens?) one and a Roman/Ancient Mediterranean one (Romans+Goths+Huns)
> 
> Also a retexture of Meso so it doesn’t look like unpainted rock and maybe so the overgrowth is less exaggerated.
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> Current East Asian would be kept only for Japanese and, if the devs make that, Emishi.

The “Second East Euro” could follow your suggestion I believe.

And I’ve been forgetting to bring this up, but Tupis would need a new architecture. I’ve seen someone on the wiki say they could share one with Muiscas which surprised me tbh.

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