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Nice job.
About Indians monastery, Bengalis is a Buddhist and Hindustanis is Muslim.
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I’d argue about the cardinal as every catholic nation could have some, it’s just a very high ranking monk, but since they have that famous red hat… give the cardinal model to the Spanish that replaces how their monks look, once you research Inquisition (also renaming them Inquisitor).
Nobody expects the spanish inquisition !
Other than that, stellar job !
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Another civ that’s up for debate : the Vikings. Despite their architecture that would be from after they converted to christianity, gameplay-wise they are based on when they still were pagan.
Could they have a nordic pagan priest model ?
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Uh, are you even allowed to share this? It says “confidential” at the top.
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It could be allowed to appease AOE2 players who do not care about ROR. The timing would make sense
it is from here
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I think pagans uses a big tree as a monastery is enough for the vikings
Lithuanians shouldn’t be pagan.
Everything else looks nice.
Should definitely be done!
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Lithuanians were Pagans until they converted (Algirdas & Kestutis campaign) and that’s the very reason why the Teutonic Order crusaded against them. At least initially.
If VIkings are pagans which I think there is a strong argument for, Lithuanians definitely should be as they converted 300 years later.
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Uncompressed 4K images:
Indian Fortified Tower redesign
Timestamp from 11min in the Noclip documentary.
New models from the image:
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Mediterranean Cardinal
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Lithuanian Wiseman
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Shaman (Cumans, Huns, Mongols)
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Hindu Brahmin (Indians, Khmer, Malay)
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Ethiopian/Malian Monk (only portrait remains in-game, portrait holds a Christian whisk in addition to the Ethiopian cross staff; too Ethiopian for Malians)
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Outline of a Lithuanian pagan shrine model mockup
Other concepts:
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Orthodox Schemamonk (Slavs, Byzantines, no model)
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Imam (model already in-game)
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Buddhist Bhikkhu (East Asian civs and Burmese, model already in-game)
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Unique Ethiopian Monastery (slide uses unused Ethiopian Wonder as placeholder)
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Unique Byzantine & Persian Monasteries were suggested as a possibility.
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The relict bonus of the Lithuanians makes them feel like a Christian civilisations.
The Vikings stopped being Vikings around the time they converted to Christianity.
Different civilisations represent different points in time.
That’s why Persians should probably not be Muslim.
Don’t forget the Ethiopian/Malian monk, which would hold an Ethiopian cross staff and whisk. Not fit for Malians.
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I wouldn’t be surprised if most religions used relics, and using religion to become stronger is definitely what Lithuania would need to resist the Teutonic Knights.
Good call for the Persians, but how to make a zoroastrian fire priest that does not look too over-the-top ?
Makes me think too… the Goths converted to Arianism instead of Nicean Christianity, so maybe they too should have their own model ?
Is this an already scrapped plan, or a WIP?
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Bhikkhu for China/Korea/Japan makes sense to not make extra models, but I am kinda surprise the option for Japan is not something more Shinto themed like a Kannushi or Miko
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Unique monks would be great 
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Plot twist, the devs planned to have this picture more or less leaked to get massive feedback from the players about which civ should have what
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Not an uncommon thing.
Personally I would take this over what we have now in a heartbeat. Just need to add the DLC civs into this and it’s all good.
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I’m not entirely convinced that the Roman Castle pic wasn’t intentionally leaked either.
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