Am I mistaken, or is Hanover not already on the British Isles maps?
Yes, I mean that the maps of the British Islands allude to the House of Hanover because the British were ruled by that house from the 18th to the 20th century (which is the period on which the British in AoE 3 are based)…the house of Tudor already appears as card of the British and the house of Stuart is already represented by the sending of Highlanders in the British church after sending the church card of “The Glorious Revolution”…the House of Wettin rules in Great Britain through the Windsor, but this after 1901 (that is, after the end of the Victorian age)…
House of Stuart isn’t really represented as the Glorious Revolution refers to deposing of the Stuart King and the Black watch Highlanders were a unit of Highlanders originally created to keep watch (hence the name) on Stuart/Jacobite supporting Highlanders.
It’s actually an anti-Stuart shipment 
Even if there is never to be a House of Stuart, more Scottish units within the British civ wouldn’t go amiss - even having to ship them in like Urumis for the Indians. It also seems odd that the British didn’t include Scottish units within by default considering the AoE3 timeline is literally the timeframe when the countries of the British isles were in unions!
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Yeah, new units for the British would be nice. Maybe if the “Royal Scots Grey” technology from the House of Hanover gets renamed to something else, the British could then get the Scots Grey which could perhaps replace the [Hussar] or the [Dragoon] for them.
Then there are other units as well that the British could get such as the Rocket Vessel which you have suggested @SirBarnzy1. The Saker cannon that could replace the [Falconet] for them and maybe the Partridge Mortar, which will replace the [Mortar] for the British etcetera.
The sketch below is of a multi barrelled mortar firing “Partridges” which were clusters of bombs meant to be fired simultaneously. This artillery shot got its name from the partridge bird due to resembling a covey of said bird in flight when these shells were fired. The respective mortar has 14 barrels, where it fires 1 big bomb and 13 smaller bombs.
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Well, similar then, the Highlanders fought in the Jacobite rebellions in the 18th century…
Well, you have the Longbowman which was used by the Tudors at the Battle of Flodden in 1513 and by the Stuarts in the Royalist army at the start of the English Civil War in 1642 (the Parliamentarians were already using musketeers by then)…the Ranger (of Roger) was already used by the Hanovers in the conflicts of the 18th century (1756-1783) and the Rocket (of Congreve) was used during the Napoleonic Wars (1803-1815)…
Yes, in a Baltic dlc, I would give at least 2 or 3 UUs more to the Western European civs (British, French, Portuguese, perhaps Swedes since they were the ones fighting against the Danes and Poles)…
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If two Royal Houses from the British Isles (Tudor and Stuart) were added as well as two Revolution options (Scotland and Ireland) then the British civ would gain even greater immersion.
There are regions of Europe (European maps in AoE 3) that, without local Royal Houses, seem to be neglected. Such regions are, of course:
- British Isles,
- Iberia,
- Italy
- Eastern Europe
Maps of the British Isles without the Tudors and Stuarts are essentially blank. Iberian maps without Trastámara and Bragança (they could appear perfectly even on Brazilian maps) as well. Italy without famous Italian families like Borgia, Medici, Savoy or Sforza makes no sense - in addition, it only has one map covering the Apennine Peninsula. In the end, there remains Eastern Europe, which is strange without the Romanov (yes, they are related to the Oldenburgs, but their omission takes away numerous opportunities to present the content of both the Romanovs and the Oldenburgs.) and Rurikids dynasty - only the Jagiellonians are correct.
As a final addition to the European maps, there could be the Royal Houses of the Hohenzollern, Luxembourg, Ascania, Württemberg, Nassau, Valois or even the Piasts. You can also add new European maps, which would be based on regions and not, as currently, on entire countries (such as Spain, Portugal or Italy).
Yes, the Hannover and then Wettin dynasty ruled Britain, but this is not immersive for the game - considering that these Royal Houses are mainly focused on Germany - similarly to the Habsburg dynasty in Spain or the Oldenburg dynasty in Russia.
More Royal Houses can always be added with the release of the next European DLC - the owner of at least one European DLC would have access to the content of the European maps, but the costs of the new Royal Houses (and new maps) would be included in the price of the new DLC.
Of course, you should remember that this is somewhat fresh content (completely new for AoE 3), so you can rest assured that it can still be improved. It is similar with African maps, of which there are still few - especially 5 African Kingdoms for the whole of Africa is a very modest number. South America is in a more difficult situation, as it has few maps and Minor Civilizations is more than modest - some South American DLC could fix it. Finally, there is Asia, which is presented the worst - a small number of maps (even the launcher shows spots of nothingness on the map of Asia) and Holy Sites are simply a hopeless idea for representing Asians (which has not been reserved for Asia for a long time). Asian maps require major changes - including the design of a completely new Minor Civilizations category. We also have the Middle East (which deserves its own Minor Civilizations category) which is missing, and Oceania (which could be unique or a “water” variant of Native Americans).
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Of course, I agree… there is a lot that can be done… obviously new dlcs will bring new minor civs…
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I’m aware of the current unique units and their history - my point is that the original Dev’s clearly saw Scotland, represented as Highlanders as not linked to Britain, i.e. its all very England-centric.
My suggestion was that as a multi-national nation (for most of the AoE3 timeline it was England, Wales, Scotland and Ireland), it’s not very multinational and it Scottish military was present in the British military throughout the empire.
Now, Highlander Mercs fine - after all Highlanders served everywhere including France and Sweden, however as part of Britain they were also integrated into the British military (a pattern the British repeat with other initial conflicts - like Gurkas!). The Blackwatch is a really great step in the right direction, however it would be fantastic to see some other non-merc, Scottish units. I’d love to see Bagpipers for example!
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