# \[poll\] Next DLC after Viking Sagas **URL:** \ **Category:** II - Discussion\ **Created:** [October 2, 2026, 5:44pm UTC](https://forums.ageofempires.com/t/poll-next-dlc-after-viking-sagas/290194 "2026-10-02T17:44:56Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![throwawayacerola](https://forums.ageofempires.com/user_avatar/forums.ageofempires.com/throwawayacerola/32/146888_2.png) [@throwawayacerola](https://forums.ageofempires.com/u/throwawayacerola)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2026, 7:38pm UTC](https://forums.ageofempires.com/t/poll-next-dlc-after-viking-sagas/290194/41 "2026-10-03T19:38:07Z")
I’d actually like a Samnite Wars Chronicles with Roman Republic, Etruscans and Gauls. ---
**Author:** ![MatM1996](https://forums.ageofempires.com/user_avatar/forums.ageofempires.com/matm1996/32/29566_2.png) [@MatM1996](https://forums.ageofempires.com/u/MatM1996)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2026, 8:29pm UTC](https://forums.ageofempires.com/t/poll-next-dlc-after-viking-sagas/290194/42 "2026-10-03T20:29:13Z")
> [@Jasper](#): > > I’d love to see the Dutch. They can build on water, have extra powerful mills and tulip farms! 😉 Very late indeed, the Dutch appeared in 1581 (the Burgundians are the ones who represent them in AoE 2)… > [@CouguarLoup7693](#): > > I voted for a roman Chronicles, this was that we expected for the second part of 2026. (Roman + Carthaginian + Pyrrhic wars) > [@CouguarLoup7693](#): > > I voted for a roman Chronicles, this was that we expected for the second part of 2026. (Roman + Carthaginian + Pyrrhic wars) > > So many good options after and I voted for Africa because there so many thing to ad on this continent, no DLC here since 2015, it’s like the inca who were added in 2023 and waited until 2026 to have new content for South America. Yes, if the Chronicles of Rome DLC lasts 118 years like Battle for Glory, it could… going from 264 BC (start of the First Punic War) to 146 BC (Roman conquest of Carthage and Greece/Macedonia). Then it would be a Romans vs. Carthaginians DLC (the Pyrrhic Wars could be released as a prequel to that great campaign, playing as Romans against Macedonians)… > [@DynasticPlanet5](#): > > So which of those civs is fitting for the life of Pierre Gerlofs Donia the most fitting campaign I can think of? Neither civ is naval or has enough Hulk bonuses to be legit and lack certain Dutch/Frisian/Flemish special units like the Beguine Well, Burgundians…🤷‍♂️ > [@smiki5five](#): > > I guess a separate Frisian civ could also serve as a stand-in for Saxons and the Hanseatic League of High Middle Ages, given that the devs judged the Hearthweru (I refuse to call it “Hearth Troop”) to be too anachronistic for Henry the Lion. (Not that it’d be weirder than Joan with Throwing Axemen…) Yes, that could be… > [@Grep0sofHeckels](#): > > A Balkan expansion that covers the events before and after the Fall of Constantinople should be done at some point. It makes a ton of thematic sense that the video game that chronologically began with the fall of Western Rome should also cover the fall of Eastern Rome. I also always felt it odd that Vlad Dracula commands medieval East Slavs in his campaign rather than Vlachs/Romanians. Yes, with campaigns by Mehmed II (Turks) and Matthias Corvinus (Magyars/Croats)…then the Croats would have Tomislav, the Serbs Stefan Dusan, and the Vlachs Dracula…the Albanians could have Skanderbeg, but I’d save him for a DLC with the Venetians and the Italian city-states…🤷‍♂️ > [@Gaturro7777](#): > > I absolutely have no clue about african civs You have Kongolese, Bantu, Swahili, Somali, Nubians and in the north-central region, Kanem… 🤷‍♂️ > [@ÖmerBey](#): > > It makes sense. Azerbaijan is a Caucaus state, neihbour of Georgia and Armenia. Azerbaijanians/Azeris could be in the Mountain Royals DLC. Let me guess. UU was Qizilbash, UT was Citadel, Campaign was Ismael. Ismael and his fallowers were Turcomans. Playing Ismael as Persians isn’t accurate. Moreover his Qizilbash ally is Tatars. I wonder why did they scrap. Yes, it wouldn’t be surprising either… In The African Royals for Age of Empires 3, they discarded the Songhai and the Moroccans for different reasons (the former not lasting long, and the latter being too similar to Europeans) until they found the Hausa… > [@throwawayacerola](#): > > Give me Algonquians so I have any reason to replay Karlsefni. At most we could have Haudenousanee (1142-1580), Mississippians (800-1540) and Puebloans (700-1600)… > [@smiki5five](#): > > I’d say that the Safavids did become a Persian dynasty, but the in-game Persians with elephants aren’t fit for his campaign. Turcomans/Azeris designed with the later period in mind would fit better. > [@ÖmerBey](#): > > Saffavids did become a Persian dynasty in AoE3 timeline I think. Reforms during Abbas I (1587-1629) can be a breaking point. In 16. century Saffavids was still Turkic. Yes, in Age of Empires 2 the Persians end with Ismail Safavid’s son, Tahmasp I (r. 1524-1576)…so in Age of Empires 3, the Persians would start with his grandson Abbas I (r. 158-1629) (who would be the first Persian emperor) and from then on until Ahmad I of Iran (r. 1909-1925), the last Qajar shah during World War I… > [@throwawayacerola](#): > > I’d actually like a Samnite Wars Chronicles with Roman Republic, Etruscans and Gauls. It could also be… the Second Samnite War started in 326 BC (when Alexander was fighting Porus on the Hydaspes) and if you make the Roman Chronicles a century-long campaign, you could end with the Battle of Zama in 202 BC…🤷‍♂️ ---
**Author:** ![Stelphy](https://forums.ageofempires.com/user_avatar/forums.ageofempires.com/stelphy/32/212150_2.png) [@Stelphy](https://forums.ageofempires.com/u/Stelphy)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2026, 8:33pm UTC](https://forums.ageofempires.com/t/poll-next-dlc-after-viking-sagas/290194/43 "2026-10-03T20:33:02Z")
in those times we still had to fight the sea.. we were only starting to build our dykes. we had some heavily fortified cities that’s why the defensive bonus and the access to arbalest is so fitting 🙂 besides that some were infamous for being raiders and hired by the HRE which ended up being similar to hearth troops and the northern frisians are covered with the viking theme and the longboats that makes the Saxons fitting for Pierre Gerlofs Donia Frisians are a subtribe of the Saxons anyway. ---
**Author:** ![Stelphy](https://forums.ageofempires.com/user_avatar/forums.ageofempires.com/stelphy/32/212150_2.png) [@Stelphy](https://forums.ageofempires.com/u/Stelphy)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2026, 8:39pm UTC](https://forums.ageofempires.com/t/poll-next-dlc-after-viking-sagas/290194/44 "2026-10-03T20:39:19Z")
actually the throwing axemen are the fransisca, they’re frankish dutch from early medieval times. the nobles that were found in archeological sites in the netherlands that were frankish had franciscas. i think the frisians are covered because they’re saxons. > [@DynasticPlanet5](#): > > Saxons are Germans and British Isle migrants, the lowlands is a whole country away i completely disagree with this. burgundians covers the middle medieval times of the western and southern netherlands (holland, zeeland, west and oost vlaanderen). and the saxons cover eastern netherlands (frisia, land and stad (freecity of groningen), salland (Zwolle), gelder, brabant, luxurybourg). and the danes cover the hanseatic city of Kampen that was under the danish crown. for utrecht the romans and saxons fit depending on the timeframe. and the other hre-freecities and teutonic order cities and lands belong with the teutons civ. what i really want to see is more african and american civs still!! ---
**Author:** ![throwawayacerola](https://forums.ageofempires.com/user_avatar/forums.ageofempires.com/throwawayacerola/32/146888_2.png) [@throwawayacerola](https://forums.ageofempires.com/u/throwawayacerola)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2026, 9:57pm UTC](https://forums.ageofempires.com/t/poll-next-dlc-after-viking-sagas/290194/45 "2026-10-03T21:57:59Z")
> [@MatM1996](#): > > Very late indeed, the Dutch appeared in 1581 (the Burgundians are the ones who represent them in AoE 2)… In the campaigns they are represented by the Franks and the Teutons. ---
**Author:** ![MatM1996](https://forums.ageofempires.com/user_avatar/forums.ageofempires.com/matm1996/32/29566_2.png) [@MatM1996](https://forums.ageofempires.com/u/MatM1996)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2026, 10:02pm UTC](https://forums.ageofempires.com/t/poll-next-dlc-after-viking-sagas/290194/46 "2026-10-03T22:02:56Z")
Yes, but you could also look for a similar, more medieval civilization… ---
**Author:** ![PersiasRerising](https://forums.ageofempires.com/user_avatar/forums.ageofempires.com/persiasrerising/32/137537_2.png) [@PersiasRerising](https://forums.ageofempires.com/u/PersiasRerising)\ **Post date:** [October 4, 2026, 7:43am UTC](https://forums.ageofempires.com/t/poll-next-dlc-after-viking-sagas/290194/47 "2026-10-04T07:43:32Z")
> [@throwawayacerola](#): > > So probably not Africa because that would require two. Just had a thought. The Songhai, kanemburu and hausa would be the most relevant for a DLC because they had massive empires in terms of area and are connected historically for a campaign. BUT! They do fit the current architecture perfectly. I also don’t think they would make a new architecture just for the Ethiopians and not use it in the new campaign. That’s why I think we won’t get the Sahel empires but (if we stay in Africa) the East or the South. If we get the East, it could expand to South Arabia. Yemen, Oman, Somalia And Swahili (Zanzibar). Have connected history and very special architecture. Not sure if Ethiopians would also receive it, because this would leave Mailand with a unique architecture. South and tropical Africa would be completely independent of exis civs. We could have a wide area covering architecture (Zimbabwe, Kongo, Swahili) like with the South American architecture or a tropical focus (Kongo, Benin, ingbo, oyo). ---
**Author:** ![Dugaul](https://forums.ageofempires.com/user_avatar/forums.ageofempires.com/dugaul/32/214029_2.png) [@Dugaul](https://forums.ageofempires.com/u/Dugaul)\ **Post date:** [October 4, 2026, 7:59pm UTC](https://forums.ageofempires.com/t/poll-next-dlc-after-viking-sagas/290194/48 "2026-10-04T19:59:43Z")
Total guess it will be more civs expanded either - Saracens - Spanish - Celts. imo ---
**Author:** ![RatcicleFan](https://forums.ageofempires.com/user_avatar/forums.ageofempires.com/ratciclefan/32/115119_2.png) [@RatcicleFan](https://forums.ageofempires.com/u/RatcicleFan)\ **Post date:** [October 4, 2026, 9:08pm UTC](https://forums.ageofempires.com/t/poll-next-dlc-after-viking-sagas/290194/49 "2026-10-04T21:08:35Z")
> [@throwawayacerola](#): > > Africa has 3 civs. North America has 0. Even if you count Mexico and Central America as “North America”, Africa has had more and more recent content. Africa has a civ that is Malians in name only and one called Ethiopians and use both to represent pretty much everyone, so I wouldn’t say it’s in a better state. ---
**Author:** ![AccidentalArcher](https://forums.ageofempires.com/user_avatar/forums.ageofempires.com/accidentalarcher/32/217899_2.png) [@AccidentalArcher](https://forums.ageofempires.com/u/AccidentalArcher)\ **Post date:** [October 4, 2026, 10:53pm UTC](https://forums.ageofempires.com/t/poll-next-dlc-after-viking-sagas/290194/50 "2026-10-04T22:53:18Z")
The problem with Africa right now is that the Malian campaign is six Malian mirror matchups. It is not very exciting. And the Ethiopian campaign is six Ethiopian mirror matches. I think the next DLC should be middle eastern but eventually, I would like to see 3 West African civs (with 3 new campaigns) and to throw these civs into the Malian campaign to make it more interesting in terms of civ matchups. Six mirror matchups is so boring. I say the same thing for the Yodit campaign. Fighting the Ethiopians as the Ethiopians gets boring. The same can be said for the Sforza campaign where you only fight Italians (and the Venetians are represented by Portuguese for some reason). Sforza would greatly benefit from more Italian civs or if the Italians were given more unique units to add variety to the campaign. ---
**Author:** ![throwawayacerola](https://forums.ageofempires.com/user_avatar/forums.ageofempires.com/throwawayacerola/32/146888_2.png) [@throwawayacerola](https://forums.ageofempires.com/u/throwawayacerola)\ **Post date:** [October 4, 2026, 11:02pm UTC](https://forums.ageofempires.com/t/poll-next-dlc-after-viking-sagas/290194/51 "2026-10-04T23:02:19Z")
It’s marginally better, but better nonetheless. ---
**Author:** ![Grep0sofHeckels](https://forums.ageofempires.com/user_avatar/forums.ageofempires.com/grep0sofheckels/32/30381_2.png) [@Grep0sofHeckels](https://forums.ageofempires.com/u/Grep0sofHeckels)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2026, 12:28am UTC](https://forums.ageofempires.com/t/poll-next-dlc-after-viking-sagas/290194/52 "2026-10-05T00:28:39Z")
I just don’t think they really fit in the game. It’d make more sense to have like fringe split civs such as Aragornese/Catalans with a Catalan Company campaign and Almogavars UU. Then whatever you could do with like Samoans who mostly just chilled on their islands. At most, just have like a couple odd assets in the scenario editor like NA has with the Iroquis Warriors in the Vinlandsaga mission. If people want to slap something together ---
**Author:** ![Apocalypso4826](https://forums.ageofempires.com/user_avatar/forums.ageofempires.com/apocalypso4826/32/75648_2.png) [@Apocalypso4826](https://forums.ageofempires.com/u/Apocalypso4826)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2026, 12:53am UTC](https://forums.ageofempires.com/t/poll-next-dlc-after-viking-sagas/290194/53 "2026-10-05T00:53:48Z")
> [@Grep0sofHeckels](#): > > Then whatever you could do with like Samoans who mostly just chilled on their islands. There should not be multiple granular Polynesian civs, but only a single umbrella civ covering all of them. Either way, the Samoans did have an empire, small as it was. ---
**Author:** ![RatcicleFan](https://forums.ageofempires.com/user_avatar/forums.ageofempires.com/ratciclefan/32/115119_2.png) [@RatcicleFan](https://forums.ageofempires.com/u/RatcicleFan)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2026, 12:59am UTC](https://forums.ageofempires.com/t/poll-next-dlc-after-viking-sagas/290194/54 "2026-10-05T00:59:47Z")
> [@Apocalypso4826](#): > > but only a single umbrella civ covering all of them. But would they be a good representation of all different groups or would they be another case like pre-DoI Indians? ---
**Author:** ![throwawayacerola](https://forums.ageofempires.com/user_avatar/forums.ageofempires.com/throwawayacerola/32/146888_2.png) [@throwawayacerola](https://forums.ageofempires.com/u/throwawayacerola)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2026, 1:29am UTC](https://forums.ageofempires.com/t/poll-next-dlc-after-viking-sagas/290194/55 "2026-10-05T01:29:26Z")
I think Malay is a worse umbrella. ---
**Author:** ![RatcicleFan](https://forums.ageofempires.com/user_avatar/forums.ageofempires.com/ratciclefan/32/115119_2.png) [@RatcicleFan](https://forums.ageofempires.com/u/RatcicleFan)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2026, 1:36am UTC](https://forums.ageofempires.com/t/poll-next-dlc-after-viking-sagas/290194/56 "2026-10-05T01:36:51Z")
Yeah that one is really bad as well ---
**Author:** ![Apocalypso4826](https://forums.ageofempires.com/user_avatar/forums.ageofempires.com/apocalypso4826/32/75648_2.png) [@Apocalypso4826](https://forums.ageofempires.com/u/Apocalypso4826)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2026, 1:54am UTC](https://forums.ageofempires.com/t/poll-next-dlc-after-viking-sagas/290194/57 "2026-10-05T01:54:58Z")
There are only two major Polynesian cultural groupings: Western Polynesia and Eastern Polynesia. Western had a largely unified culture despite large distance because of Samoa and later Tonga consolidating all islands under their control. Eastern Polynesia was more isolated and had more uniqueness among the different islands. I think it could work. ---
**Author:** ![WhiteMagick4](https://forums.ageofempires.com/user_avatar/forums.ageofempires.com/whitemagick4/32/29597_2.png) [@WhiteMagick4](https://forums.ageofempires.com/u/WhiteMagick4)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2026, 4:16am UTC](https://forums.ageofempires.com/t/poll-next-dlc-after-viking-sagas/290194/58 "2026-10-05T04:16:02Z")
Balkan DLC with Vlachs, Serbs, Croats and multiple Byzantine campaigns. ---
**Author:** ![Apocalypso4826](https://forums.ageofempires.com/user_avatar/forums.ageofempires.com/apocalypso4826/32/75648_2.png) [@Apocalypso4826](https://forums.ageofempires.com/u/Apocalypso4826)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2026, 4:31am UTC](https://forums.ageofempires.com/t/poll-next-dlc-after-viking-sagas/290194/59 "2026-10-05T04:31:54Z")
Here is a fake in-game history section I wrote for the Polynesians, which goes into more detail: > Polynesia consists of many small, unconnected islands or island groupings spread throughout the Pacific, including Hawaii, Tonga, Samoa, Easter Island, and New Zealand. Although all Polynesians genetically originate from the Lapita culture of Southeast Asia, there are two main divisions of the region: western Polynesia and eastern Polynesia. > > Western Polynesia, consisting of islands like Tonga and Samoa, had a relatively unified and complex culture due to being settled much earlier than the east. Empires, confederacies, and other various hegemonies within the region kept the various islands in close contact with each other despite their distance. As one culture evolved, so did the others around it. > > One notable Western Polynesian power, the Tu’i Tonga Empire, began to expand outside its territory beginning in 950 AD, under the reign of Aho’eitu. As the Samoan Tu’i Manu’a Confederacy began to wane, this opened a window of opportunity for growth, occurring quickly over the next few centuries. Under the tenth Tu’i Tonga, Momo, who reigned around 1100, Tonga had reached its peak, influencing many other islands besides Samoa, including the Micronesian islands of Pohnpei and Kiribati and the Melanesian islands of Fiji and Vanuatu. The empire declined in the 1500s due to a combination of diluted bloodlines, assassinations, and general disorder, and Samoa, having been granted de facto independence at this point, once again became a dominant cultural power in the region. > > Eastern Polynesia, by contrast, was much more isolated geographically and culturally, the consequence of which being a much greater divergence in characteristics. The moai statues of Easter Island, the hula dances of Hawaii, and the pā hillforts of New Zealand are all examples of distinct cultural elements that evolved as a result of their unique circumstances and geography. > > Easter Island, indigenously known as Rapa Nui, is a particularly famous example of Eastern Polynesian culture, and was also among the last of the islands to be settled, being estimated to have occurred in the 12th century. Its origins, ultimate fate of its people, and purpose of the famed moai are all still shrouded in mystery, contributing to its enduring global allure. Some theories maintain that the island’s deforestation is what led to its decline, while others suggest war as the culprit. Scant evidence suggests contact with people from South America, though the extent and direction both remain unclear. ---
**Author:** ![Jasper](https://forums.ageofempires.com/user_avatar/forums.ageofempires.com/jasper/32/217464_2.png) [@Jasper](https://forums.ageofempires.com/u/Jasper)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2026, 12:11pm UTC](https://forums.ageofempires.com/t/poll-next-dlc-after-viking-sagas/290194/60 "2026-10-05T12:11:10Z")
My suggestion to add the Dutch was mostly a joke (I said that they should be able to build on water 😊), they fit more in Age of Empires III. But it got a good discussion going, interesting points! I would say that the Saxons have more potential. They are now based on Anglo-Saxon England, while the Saxons were also in north of the Netherlands and Germany. Specifically, the north of the Netherlands consisted of Frisians and Saxons, so not Burgundians. > [@Stelphy](#): > > i completely disagree with this. burgundians covers the middle medieval times of the western and southern netherlands (holland, zeeland, west and oost vlaanderen). and the saxons cover eastern netherlands (frisia, land and stad (freecity of groningen), salland (Zwolle), gelder, brabant, luxurybourg). and the danes cover the hanseatic city of Kampen that was under the danish crown. for utrecht the romans and saxons fit depending on the timeframe. I agree with you. Interesting that you mention Groningen, that is my city and region. Anyways, it would be cool to see more of the Saxons in the context of mainland Europe. Would also be cool to see the Frisians as a civilization. [Previous page](https://forums.ageofempires.com/t/poll-next-dlc-after-viking-sagas/290194.md?page=2) [Next page](https://forums.ageofempires.com/t/poll-next-dlc-after-viking-sagas/290194.md?page=4)