# Poll: What is your favorite set of maps? **URL:** \ **Category:** III - Discussion\ **Created:** [June 14, 2026, 10:19pm UTC](https://forums.ageofempires.com/t/poll-what-is-your-favorite-set-of-maps/286979 "2026-06-14T22:19:56Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![EricTheRed283](https://forums.ageofempires.com/user_avatar/forums.ageofempires.com/ericthered283/32/178633_2.png) [@EricTheRed283](https://forums.ageofempires.com/u/EricTheRed283)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2026, 10:19pm UTC](https://forums.ageofempires.com/t/poll-what-is-your-favorite-set-of-maps/286979/1 "2026-06-14T22:19:56Z")
Asian Maps [https://aoe3homecity.com/en/maps/set/asianrandom](https://aoe3homecity.com/en/maps/set/asianrandom) American Maps [https://aoe3homecity.com/en/maps/set/americanrandom](https://aoe3homecity.com/en/maps/set/americanrandom) African Maps [https://aoe3homecity.com/en/maps/set/africanrandom](https://aoe3homecity.com/en/maps/set/africanrandom) European Maps [https://aoe3homecity.com/en/maps/set/europeanrandom](https://aoe3homecity.com/en/maps/set/europeanrandom) Historical Maps [https://aoe3homecity.com/en/maps/set/historicalmaps](https://aoe3homecity.com/en/maps/set/historicalmaps) **What is your favorite set of maps?** _Poll ([view on site](https://forums.ageofempires.com/t/poll-what-is-your-favorite-set-of-maps/286979/1))_ ---
**Author:** ![EricTheRed283](https://forums.ageofempires.com/user_avatar/forums.ageofempires.com/ericthered283/32/178633_2.png) [@EricTheRed283](https://forums.ageofempires.com/u/EricTheRed283)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2026, 10:21pm UTC](https://forums.ageofempires.com/t/poll-what-is-your-favorite-set-of-maps/286979/2 "2026-06-14T22:21:14Z")
I like African and European maps the most because I live the natives and outlaws from those maps and I am having a hard time picking between those two. ---
**Author:** ![mojnx](https://forums.ageofempires.com/user_avatar/forums.ageofempires.com/mojnx/32/201999_2.png) [@mojnx](https://forums.ageofempires.com/u/mojnx)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2026, 10:45pm UTC](https://forums.ageofempires.com/t/poll-what-is-your-favorite-set-of-maps/286979/3 "2026-06-14T22:45:31Z")
![image](https://forums.ageofempires.com/uploads/default/original/3X/a/9/a9e59f080de04852f6b67a94918c09320e2abb30.png)Experts are divided on this issue! ---
**Author:** ![mojnx](https://forums.ageofempires.com/user_avatar/forums.ageofempires.com/mojnx/32/201999_2.png) [@mojnx](https://forums.ageofempires.com/u/mojnx)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2026, 10:51pm UTC](https://forums.ageofempires.com/t/poll-what-is-your-favorite-set-of-maps/286979/4 "2026-06-14T22:51:16Z")
My unfulfilled dream has always been to see more Native American tribes, technology and new voice recording. I’ve dreamed about this since I was a child. ---
**Author:** ![OperaticShip743](https://forums.ageofempires.com/user_avatar/forums.ageofempires.com/operaticship743/32/104612_2.png) [@OperaticShip743](https://forums.ageofempires.com/u/OperaticShip743)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2026, 11:18pm UTC](https://forums.ageofempires.com/t/poll-what-is-your-favorite-set-of-maps/286979/5 "2026-06-14T23:18:07Z")
Mechanically, the Europeans are more interesting with the royal houses, but aesthetically the Africans are very well done. ---
**Author:** ![HoopThrower](https://forums.ageofempires.com/user_avatar/forums.ageofempires.com/hoopthrower/32/56873_2.png) [@HoopThrower](https://forums.ageofempires.com/u/HoopThrower)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2026, 4:02am UTC](https://forums.ageofempires.com/t/poll-what-is-your-favorite-set-of-maps/286979/6 "2026-06-15T04:02:19Z")
I feel like the euro royal houses are overdesigned. Competitiveness-wise they probably are the most balanced considering most of them are retooled ESO-C maps, but dunno. I feel like african maps hit a sweeter spot where the natives are more interesting without having to rely on gimmicks. Visually they look a lot more appealing as well. ---
**Author:** ![M00Z1LLA](https://forums.ageofempires.com/user_avatar/forums.ageofempires.com/m00z1lla/32/104042_2.png) [@M00Z1LLA](https://forums.ageofempires.com/u/M00Z1LLA)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2026, 3:38pm UTC](https://forums.ageofempires.com/t/poll-what-is-your-favorite-set-of-maps/286979/7 "2026-06-15T15:38:16Z")
The treasures on the African ones are way better too. They have cool guardians and mostly decent loot. There’s a good mix of historical references and fun ones like the hungry hungry hippos or lion king references. The Euro ones have a few interesting guardians like the beast of Gévaudan, plague doctor, and heretic. But most are recycled stuff like wild boar that is clearly a warthog or pikeman but grumpy. And for the most part the loot is pretty bad too. ---
**Author:** ![vividlyplain](https://forums.ageofempires.com/user_avatar/forums.ageofempires.com/vividlyplain/32/177091_2.png) [@vividlyplain](https://forums.ageofempires.com/u/vividlyplain)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2026, 4:35pm UTC](https://forums.ageofempires.com/t/poll-what-is-your-favorite-set-of-maps/286979/8 "2026-06-15T16:35:19Z")
> [@HoopThrower](#): > > most of them are retooled ESO-C maps Are they? I’d be interested in the proportion that fit this. I haven’t counted but I feel like Africa has a larger proportion of retools from ESOC. ---
**Author:** ![vividlyplain](https://forums.ageofempires.com/user_avatar/forums.ageofempires.com/vividlyplain/32/177091_2.png) [@vividlyplain](https://forums.ageofempires.com/u/vividlyplain)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2026, 4:38pm UTC](https://forums.ageofempires.com/t/poll-what-is-your-favorite-set-of-maps/286979/9 "2026-06-15T16:38:02Z")
> [@M00Z1LLA](#): > > the loot is pretty bad too. Haven’t seen this take before tbh. 100% about the stupid recycled warthog and other North American guardians. ---
**Author:** ![OperaticShip743](https://forums.ageofempires.com/user_avatar/forums.ageofempires.com/operaticship743/32/104612_2.png) [@OperaticShip743](https://forums.ageofempires.com/u/OperaticShip743)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2026, 5:35pm UTC](https://forums.ageofempires.com/t/poll-what-is-your-favorite-set-of-maps/286979/10 "2026-06-15T17:35:17Z")
The historical maps also have some great features. Personally, I think they should have more replayability, like the co-op mode in SC-2, where you unlock new abilities and units as you level up, and you can introduce mutators to make it more challenging. ---
**Author:** ![HoopThrower](https://forums.ageofempires.com/user_avatar/forums.ageofempires.com/hoopthrower/32/56873_2.png) [@HoopThrower](https://forums.ageofempires.com/u/HoopThrower)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2026, 5:57pm UTC](https://forums.ageofempires.com/t/poll-what-is-your-favorite-set-of-maps/286979/11 "2026-06-15T17:57:00Z")
yeah I’ll admit that maybe I got them the other way around, particularly considering all those maps with the Windmills gotta be new cuz I don’t see those being retools of old features. ---
**Author:** ![vividlyplain](https://forums.ageofempires.com/user_avatar/forums.ageofempires.com/vividlyplain/32/177091_2.png) [@vividlyplain](https://forums.ageofempires.com/u/vividlyplain)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2026, 8:12pm UTC](https://forums.ageofempires.com/t/poll-what-is-your-favorite-set-of-maps/286979/12 "2026-06-15T20:12:00Z")
I just did a quick count and 8-10 of the 24 African maps are from ESOC retools. 8 of the 38 European maps are ESOC retools. now there are plenty of retools or reimaginings of maps (i.e. Acropolis from AoM) that weren’t included in ESOC or were designed from other age games and I may have miscounted because there were a few maps added to ESOC in its final iteration that I may have forgotten. ---
**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:** [June 15, 2026, 8:18pm UTC](https://forums.ageofempires.com/t/poll-what-is-your-favorite-set-of-maps/286979/13 "2026-06-15T20:18:39Z")
I prefer the historical maps simply because we’re finally playing in European conflicts… ---
**Author:** ![OperaticShip743](https://forums.ageofempires.com/user_avatar/forums.ageofempires.com/operaticship743/32/104612_2.png) [@OperaticShip743](https://forums.ageofempires.com/u/OperaticShip743)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2026, 8:44pm UTC](https://forums.ageofempires.com/t/poll-what-is-your-favorite-set-of-maps/286979/14 "2026-06-15T20:44:05Z")
> [@HoopThrower](#): > > I feel like the euro royal houses are overdesigned. The real issue is that the other minor factions, especially the American and Asian ones, have received almost no new content over the years. Meanwhile, the royal houses and African kingdoms are much more in line with the definitive edition. ---
**Author:** ![zeppelino24](https://forums.ageofempires.com/user_avatar/forums.ageofempires.com/zeppelino24/32/148882_2.png) [@zeppelino24](https://forums.ageofempires.com/u/zeppelino24)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2026, 9:21pm UTC](https://forums.ageofempires.com/t/poll-what-is-your-favorite-set-of-maps/286979/15 "2026-06-15T21:21:11Z")
With all due respect, I firmly believe that we still need more European maps, and we’re also missing royal houses like the Dutch Royal House, which should include units like the Blue Guard and the Red Lancer; the Spanish Royal House, which should include the Royal Halberdier and the Walloon Guard; the Stuart Royal House, which should include units like the Jacobite Warrior and the Highlanders; the Portuguese Royal House of Braganza; and the Serbian Royal House. ---
**Author:** ![zeppelino24](https://forums.ageofempires.com/user_avatar/forums.ageofempires.com/zeppelino24/32/148882_2.png) [@zeppelino24](https://forums.ageofempires.com/u/zeppelino24)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2026, 9:37pm UTC](https://forums.ageofempires.com/t/poll-what-is-your-favorite-set-of-maps/286979/16 "2026-06-15T21:37:48Z")
You’re absolutely right, I thought the same thing at one point. They should update the South American Native alliances of the Mapuche and Tupi and add the Muisca, Quechua, and Guarani. It would also be great if they added the Tlaxcalans and Yaqui from Mexico and updated the alliances with the Aztecs, Mayans, and Zapotecs. Let’s not forget that many of them only have one military unit and very few technologies, not to mention that all the Native American alliance factions lack the large ability button that the European royal houses have. I agree with what you said about the European Native alliances being more in line with the Definitive Edition, while the Native alliances are stuck in the vanilla version. ---
**Author:** ![M00Z1LLA](https://forums.ageofempires.com/user_avatar/forums.ageofempires.com/m00z1lla/32/104042_2.png) [@M00Z1LLA](https://forums.ageofempires.com/u/M00Z1LLA)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2026, 9:47pm UTC](https://forums.ageofempires.com/t/poll-what-is-your-favorite-set-of-maps/286979/17 "2026-06-15T21:47:30Z")
My experience with Euro maps is ~80% of the treasures being gold or XP. Maybe that’s not actually the case but it just seems like there’s less variety than the other maps. ---
**Author:** ![vividlyplain](https://forums.ageofempires.com/user_avatar/forums.ageofempires.com/vividlyplain/32/177091_2.png) [@vividlyplain](https://forums.ageofempires.com/u/vividlyplain)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2026, 3:45am UTC](https://forums.ageofempires.com/t/poll-what-is-your-favorite-set-of-maps/286979/18 "2026-06-16T03:45:22Z")
It’s really not the case. There’s a fairly even number of each type. ---
**Author:** ![vividlyplain](https://forums.ageofempires.com/user_avatar/forums.ageofempires.com/vividlyplain/32/177091_2.png) [@vividlyplain](https://forums.ageofempires.com/u/vividlyplain)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2026, 3:45am UTC](https://forums.ageofempires.com/t/poll-what-is-your-favorite-set-of-maps/286979/19 "2026-06-16T03:45:49Z")
A lot of work went into those for nobody to play them. ---
**Author:** ![OperaticShip743](https://forums.ageofempires.com/user_avatar/forums.ageofempires.com/operaticship743/32/104612_2.png) [@OperaticShip743](https://forums.ageofempires.com/u/OperaticShip743)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2026, 6:01am UTC](https://forums.ageofempires.com/t/poll-what-is-your-favorite-set-of-maps/286979/20 "2026-06-16T06:01:27Z")
> [@zeppelino24](#): > > Muisca > [@zeppelino24](#): > > Tlaxcalans At least four or five more tribes would be great. I suggested the ones you mentioned some time ago: [Minor factions of Pre-Columbian origin](https://forums.ageofempires.com/t/minor-factions-of-pre-columbian-origin/249513) [Next page](https://forums.ageofempires.com/t/poll-what-is-your-favorite-set-of-maps/286979.md?page=2)