Promised real INDIAN Civ when?

Age of Empires IV IV - Discussion
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was that a fake promise to calm down netizens?

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I guess they released the Indian Dynasties DLC in Aoe2:DE just to show that they care about the Indian civilization, so that there is a “clear separation” between the Delhi Sultanate and the Hindu peoples, in the Middle Age period.

Now the Sultanate of Delhi is represented in AoE2 by the Hindustanies, while the Bengals, ######### (D r a v i d i a n s) and Gurjara are the Indian civs, which also represent empires that existed in the Late Middle Ages (From the fall of Rome to the Lombard League), as the Chola, and the Bengali-Pala Empire of Devapala.

I also think they do it in Aoe2 first to test the mechanics of the new possible Indian unique units work well when they are transferred to AoE4.

For Age IV, considering the timeline, and now considering empires or cultures of a region and not just racial groups, maybe they take out the Indian Civ as Vijayanagara Empire, or take them out as “India”, and represent both the Chola, Vijayanagara and some Rajput empires .

If there are new Civs, probably like last year, let them know in August 2023, and we’ll see them next season in October or November. If we’re lucky, more than 2 will come out, or some campaign announcement, if they’re not too busy announcing Mythology Retold out of the blue without a teaser, like when Return of Rome came out.

Off topic:
Por otro lado, estoy un poco triste porque la serie HERNÁN (2019), que narra la vida de CortĂ©s, se quedo en la primera temporada, y por razones no reveladas, (probablemente Covid o por el gobierno de AMLO), cancelaron indefinidamente la segunda. Lo peor es que no es una cancelaciĂłn oficial, pero muchos de los actores estĂĄn actuando en otras producciones, asĂ­ que ya no es nada seguro, y justo me aguantaba mi tiempo para que cuando salga podrĂ­a hacer con mayor seguridad mi Concepto de Aztecas
 pero no, ya nada es seguro. Voy a sacar mi concepto, esperemos que hoy, le he puesto mucho amor y demasiadas modificaciones para que sea lo mĂĄs consistente posible.

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Well, most likely it will take time for them to add a new Indian civilization.

There are many other civilizations that are also in the “queue”.

I love Indian civilization, and my bet for a new civilization will be one located in South India, probably called: Chola Empire or Hoysala Empire or Vijayanagara Empire.

Regarding the DLC, when will it be released??.. let’s imagine here
 So far, the first DLC is out, so maybe in 2023 or 2024 the second DLC will come out. I imagine that a new Indian civilization only comes in the fourth or fifth DLC, of course that’s a guess, there’s no way to know.

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It’s not even in next year’s schedule.

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Well
 it’s complicated

I didn’t imagine they would release so many DLCs with “variants”.
At the time, I thought it would be one DLC per year and would always bring some unique civilizations along
 but that didn’t happen.

We have the advantage of having 2 DLCs per year
 however, the quality of the last ones was poor, due to the lack of campaigns and unique civilizations.

Honestly, 2026 will be a good year.
But my concern isn’t 2026, but what will happen in 2027, 2028, 2029 and 2030!!!

Will they be able to bring some unique civilizations and a campaign every year?

I really hope we see some new unique civilization for India. Preferably South India, which has many possibilities and content.

Remember that the concept of the “Vijayanagara” civilization is one of the most viewed concepts here on the forum! It’s probably the most viewed of all!

I hope they take this into consideration.
I hope it doesn’t take many years for that to happen.