Title. Bit weird that thid year there were so few patches and no DLC made by the main dev team
Are they just focusing in AoE3 or are they working on something big for the future?
We wont get any answers soon but thought it was something worth pointing out
Age of Mythology Retold. That’s what they are up to.
Oh totally forgot bout it
But it’s done now, so surely they’re going to return to AoE2, right? I feel like any DLC/balance updates for Retold can be handled by a different team, as it’s no longer all hands on deck.
Not quite. Balance patches, DLCs (although China looks already pretty far along), and we don’t know how teams are orientated. So they still have things to do.
Not to mention whatever backlog AoM caused in the first place that needs sorting out.
I see. Looks like they may not return for a while then.
It’s more of a “don’t know”.
Although the more panicky tone of the “we still plan to do old-style DLCs!” make me think that the March/April one will likely “business as usual”. I think doing two in a row without anything for multiplayer was pushing it. And while BfG looks far better than V&V, the latter and the lack of updates still left a bad taste in the mouth, which BfG does not wash out for everyone.
I want new style of DLC like the ones that introduced new castles, new buildings, new regional units and new mechanics like the new DLC. It seems there is so much to expand that I could never imagine 25 years ago.
But are they still focused on it? I thought they were only here as backups until the game’s release.
After TMR or V&V, I’m not sure which, the what is on the horizon section said - In 2025, there will be something that we can never guess. We can try but definitely won’t be successful.
IDK what that mean. But at this rate my guess is Star War Galactic Battleground remaster inside AoE2 as a DLC.
I thought they said that about just later, so this could have been the “you will never guess”. Because hell, I don’t think anyone had this on their radar.
I’m pretty sure they said it about 2025. And now I remember it was after TMR. It was in 2023.
Edit - I was wrong. I mixed 2 things. V&V says 2025. Can’t remember the never being able to guess part.
Honestly, the thing we’d never guess was probably the Chronicles thing that just was revealed, given from the DLC name it was planned since before V&V, and V&V was probably a stopgap after Chronicles went behind schedule.
I was kinda expecting it since Indian dynasties DLC… Because Indian dynasties DLC came after the Dharma mod got popular… But I didnt realize it would be this quick
So you’re telling me we need a china mod for the future? 
They are doing Age of Mythology Retold and the expansions. It even delayed the AoE3 dlc because of it.
That would be awesome but I don’t think Disney will let us have SW GB in the game.
Considering the last aoe3 DLC was from May 2022 and the DLC announced in February has just been delayed, I would bet that game is pretty low on their priority list.
I mean, we domt know how big the new AoE3 DLC is, thats why I mentioned them
And in general AoE3 DLCs are just larger
Why not? the devs said mods are a way to communicate, so why not make a china mod to show how popular it is
infact i have many assets that can be used in a central asian mod