- Acehnese (Aceh, 1496-1903)
- Bai (Nanzhao, 738-902; Dali, 937-1253)
- Balinese (Bali, 914-1908)
- Bornean (Brunei, 1363-)
- Cham (Champa, 192-1832)
- Göktürk (Göktürk Khaganate, 552-603; Eastern Turkic Khaganate, 603-630)
- Jurchen (Jin Dynasty, 1115-1234)
- Khitan (Great Liao/Khitan Empire, 916-1125; Qara Khitai, 1125-1218)
- Lanna (Lan Na, 1292-1775)
- Lao (Lan Xang, 1353-1707)
- split between Malay (Srivijaya, 650-1275; Malacca, 1400-1511) and Javanese (Majapahit, 1293-1527)
- Minang/Sumatran (Pagaruyung, 1347-1833,
- Moluccan/Ternate (Ternate, 1257-1914)
- Mon (Haripunchai, 629-1292; Lavo, 648-1388; Pegu, 1287-1552)
- Rakhine/Arakanese (Mrauk-U, 1429-1785)
- Shan (Myinsaing-Pinya, 1297-1365; Sagaing, 1315-1365)
- Shatuo (various Chinese dynasties, 923-979)
- Siamese/Thai (Siam, 1238-onward)
- Sulawesi/Makassarese (Gowa, XIVth century-1945)
- Sundanese (Sunda, 669-1579)
- Tagalog (Tondo, 1450-1589)
- Tangut (Western Xia, 1038-1227)
- Tibetan (Tibetan Empire, 618-842)
- Tongan/Polynesian (Tu’i Tonga, 950’s-1865)
- Uyghur (Uyghur Khaganate, 744-840; Ganzhou Kingdom, 894-1036; Qocho, 843-1370’s)
- Visayan (Cebu, 1250-1565, Sulu, 1405-1915)
- Xianbei (various Chinese dynasties Wei, 386-581)
- Other(s)
- I don’t know
- I don’t care
- None
0 voters
Second poll, how many factions do you think should be added to this region?
- 1
- 2
- 3
- 4
- 5+
- I don’t know
- I don’t care
- None
0 voters
So, last month I did two polls asking which factions the community wanted to see added to South and “West” Asia in the game, and I said that I planned to did another one for the Eastern part of the continent (including both the Far East and South East Asia). Now, KarstHillFort77 beat me to it with his own topic that you can find here. It was a great poll which probably necessitated lots of research (There are a few options that I wouldn’t have considered myself) and so for quite some time I thought I wouldn’t need to do my own poll about this matter, but I had to change my mind.
The first reason is that we didn’t use exactly the same method. The lack of neutral options and the absence of a secondary poll about the number of faction to add to the game didn’t really satisfy me, not mentioning a few possible factions lacking from the poll. Considering I plan on gathering all those datas later (after a few additional polls for other continents) to discuss about the game’s future, I’d rather not use polls made by different people with different methods.
Second, far less people answered to his poll compared to mines, and it also received less answers by post. I found it odd, considering lots of people are asking for the addition of new factions in this area, so I thought maybe there was a reason why this topic received less attention and I should create this one just to be sure.
Now, a few additional precisions (which is some cases are a repeat from the other times):
- Once again, I’m not an expert on this time period and don’t pretend to be, yadda yadda. Also, just because I put some civs into the poll doesn’t mean I want to see them in the game, even if we add an infinite number of possibilities. I won’t say here who I’d like to see or not in the very first post to avoid possibly influencing your choices, but if you want to complain about the options I proposed, keep this in mind and please be civil
and don’t denounce me to the CCP. - I used the same entry for the Malays and the Javanese because, if the Javanese were to be added, they would have to keep the Gajah Mada campaign and, most probably, the current Malay tech tree and boni, so “Malays” may be the actual new faction. It doesn’t necessarily mean that it’s something I advocate.
- Just like KarstHillFort77, I included Tonga into the poll despite it mainly focusing on East Asia. The reason is simple: If it were to be added to the game, it’s relatively probable that it would come together with a faction from the Philippines or Indonesia.
- As for the West Asia topic, a few factions are back from the last poll because their area of influence covered both Eastern and Central Asia.