I love this game. I like it more then AOE2. Discuss it.
China expansion should have been a mythologized version of Three Kingdoms, then the AoE2 China expansion should have been a proper Sinosphere thing instead of just Three Kingdoms again.Look me dead in the eye and tell me you don't think Lu Bu fighting minotaurs and shit would be cool as fuck.
>>2327703I would love to discuss AoE2 with you fellow ledditor. How's your ranked ladder coming along and who is your favorite streamer for it?
>>2327709Wouldn't that be too far ahead for the faction time period-wise?
>>2328225Japan and Aztecs clearly aren't.
>>2328225Yes, it would. But he's retarded so there's that.
So who would you like as the 4th egyptian major god and minors?Atum with Geb and Nut to fill out the Ennead?Amun with his wife Mut and son Khonsu to have at least one member of the Ogdoad as well as the most important deity of the New Kingdom?Hathor with the likes of Maat, Seshat (Thot's waifu and daughter) and Khnum to complete the zoo?Meme picks like Medjed, Khepri, Heqet or Kek just for the fun of it?
>>2327703Another set of Mystery Achievements have been added.Probably for Demeter and Arena of the Gods, assuming that they haven't abandoned it.
>>2328314I'd really like to see Aten implemented somehow. I think it would be funny.
They should add the Semites, but theyre too cowardly for that.
>>2327709No more of three kingdoms please. (and monkey king who's ripped off from hinduism)It's the same tier as Sengoku Japan which got the same treatment in folk legends. (not like shit like Nuwa)
they should add roman gods so I can play as zeus fighting jupiter
>>2328314The Winged Dragon of Ra. Bring in some real Egyption mythology.On a more serious note, any of those could work, but what myth unit and techs would even go with them that isn't filled out by other gods?
>>2328442No idea about techs but Egypt is so starved of myth units they'll probably get whatever they can scrape by, or just invent them like in the original (I guess borrowing from the canaanites and mesopotamians is no longer an option if they want to implement them eventually).That said they still have:>Apep who by all means should be a god power like Nidhogg (he's a world ending eldritch horror I swear)>the griffin who is shared with other cultures>the set beast who is just a skinny weird dogAnd Serpopard and Akhekh who, while also weird literally who creatures, are probably the best candidates.Beyond that there's only funny looking gods that could work as myth units just like Wadjet and Horus (avenger):>Nekhbet, Wadjet vulture friend>Bennu, a bird with a cool hat>Ammit, a chimeric cocodrile who eats souls>Taweret, a fat hippo woman>Bes, a funny midget>Medjed, a japanese meme>Apis, a nice looking cowAnd... Kneph (who the fuck came up with this)Take your pick. I think Ammit, Nekhbet and serpopard would be the coolest.
>>2328738>Apep who by all means should be a god power like NidhoggApep should be a Minor God for the Mythic Age.
We do have ten new hidden achievements so hopefully we're getting content soon>>2327709I'd settle for having Three Kingdoms era Mythical Battles, you could get some scenarios out of that>Fighting Yellow Turban sorcery>Stone Sentinel Maze battle>Red Cliffs with actual god powers>Chasing Zuo Ci around while he dunks on Cao Cao over and overOf course you could do plenty of scenarios with other parts of Chinese history/mythos but it could be fun
>>2328738Medjed would be a good cheat/scenario unit>Model is rigged so that it's always staring at the player camera
What sort of stuff will Aztecs have?
>>2328810generic human sacrifices but I hope they remembered the purpose of them were to fight the tzitzimitl and not for the hell of it
>>2328911It might not be mentioned outside of a campaign. Either way, it easily lends itself to a cool and unique way to get favor, which is what it will probably be. A favor generation mechanic.
>>2328408More like it's just a shite idea in general. Utterly boring mythology compared to ones we don't have yet like Celts, Mayans and Sumerians. Virtually no-one would even buy the DLC and it would be a waste of time/resources.
>>2329158Are Mayans different enough from the Aztecs to warrant an entire faction next to them?
>>2329158I think most people are enamored with the concept of "judeo-christians fight and conquer all pagans" in whatever form that would have to take to fit with AoM, and that to me does sound like a fun campaign concept even if it doesn't work as a civBut I'd also prefer Sumerians and Mayans and Hindu, if we're talking civs that will never ever ever happen>>2329171Some similarities but they're different enoughA campaign that focused on the hero twins could be a lot of fun, if they can figure out how to make functional Mayan basketball mechanics in the game engine
>>2329261Indians aren't as sensitive to their mythology as muslims (who literally kill you for it) so hinduism should be ok.
New Demeter info dropped>Demeter, the goddess of harvest and terrain mastery, as a major goddess>Three new minor gods Pan, Hestia, and Persephone>New fully voiced Mythical Battle titled Silent Sanctuary, starring Chiron and Orpheus>New ways to disrupt economies, convert enemies, revive armies, and halt attacks>New myth units Harpies, Lykaons, Hamadryads, and Sirens>Demeter gets Wither (nothing grows in an area) and Harpies (picks up units and drops them)>Pan gets Arcadian Meadow (localised Ceasefire) and Lykaon (disguises as a villager until it attacks)>Hestia gets Communal Hearth (defense/resource bonuses in an area, converts enemy units) and Hamadryads (disguises as a tree when idle, can steal resources?)>Persephone gets Underworld Invasion (last 100 killed units resurrect as eidolons, destroys your TCs (Flemish Revolution meets The Sorrow)) and Sirens (lures enemies out of position)We're also getting Orpheus and Icarus (or Daedalus but he looks kinda young) as heroes, tooPretty cool
>>2329261Hindu DLC discussion would be impossible
>>2329171If they can do both Chinese and Japanese mythology, they can definitely do both Aztec and Mayan mythology
>>2329284Looking good.>>2329261>judeo-christians To be fair, commanding biblically accurate angels would be pretty cool. Major gods could be the Holy Trinity and minor gods could be the apostoles. Units could be mostly late-Roman to early-medieval.
>>2329261>judeo-christiansdon't use goyterms, it's Abrahamic
>>2329376sorry liberal but we must arbitrarily exclude muslims from the table
>>2329171Not really no. While their myths are different they'd both end with similar mechanics surrounding ritual sacrifices, techs/god powers involving calendars, floods and jaguars, the same feathered serpent as a major god and the same rain god as either major or minor while competing for the same myth units from that region. And all while having almost indistinguishable human units, architecture and aesthetics (if people bitched about china and japan, two distinct civilizations being too similar, imagine that but with two neighboring cultures from the same fucking country)You'd get more unique stuff out of the various celts (gauls/irish/arthurian), the romans without the greek part or just going for the Incas than the Mayans.>>2329300Not even close.>>2329284The myth units are kinda meh. Bird woman #1 (ugly), bird woman #2 (pretty), dryads again and werewolves. Their gimmicks might be fun tho
>>2329464>romans Honestly, I dont think the Romans could work. We already got the Atlanteans, who also use Greek mythology with the titans. Romans have bootleg greek gods and a lot of Atlantean units do resemble Romans in some regards. I just don't think they would be an interesting choice.Celts wold be the obvious pick after Aztecs, I feel. Maybe slavs or Phoenicians?
>>2329548>Celts, Slavssame problem but with Norse, there are bootleg versions of same gods Dagda.and Perun respectively, that being said myth units could be cool
>>2329643>bootleg versions of same godsIf you really get down to it, aren't they all the same? (even Zeus and Odin)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Proto-Indo-European_mythology
>>2329548I think there are still fun things they could do with Romans. Like yeah if they wanted to be accurate their major gods would have to be the ones they share with the greeks (specially Jupiter and Mars), but they still have their own, somewhat iconic gods that could work too like Quirinus, Janus and Fortuna.But they could also use the Roman's love of syncretism as a feature, like having foreign minor gods in the mythic era with exclusive human units from those cultures (such as the anatolian Cybele, the gaulish Epona, the ptolemaic Serapis or the persian Mithras) as a way to reflect Roman conquest, expansionism and subsequent religious syncretism. Or they could have the option to worship a minor god from another player, or the ability to adopt a myth unit and few techs from a conquered enemy (by destroying their temple or something).>a lot of Atlantean units do resemble RomansOh right I forgot Atlanteans have a bunch or roman units. Such a mess of a faction.I still think Romans have a lot of potential though.
>>2329327>>2329548In my opinion the Romans should be the Abrahamic faction. Mostly because incorporating a monotheistic belief system into a game with a polytheistic game format doesn't exactly work.If anything this should be a mechanic akin to revolutions from AoE3.Basically you get the standard Roman pantheon and myth units until age 3. On reaching age 4 you are offered 2 choices no matter what initial god you chose.>Sol InvictusActs like your standard minor diety unique myth unit new technologies and minor power nothing too different.>Chi RhoBasically an all in faction switch. You lose the access to your previous myth units and those you already have are getting killed with a portion of their faith cost refunded. Your myth powers are getting replaced with a set of new ones. Your titan also gets replaced from a previous land unit to a flying biblically accurate angel unit.For abilities you'd get:>Parting the seaAn ability that allows you (for a small faith upkeep) to divide a body of water into two allowing land units to cross it while at the same time preventing sea units from moving between the two.>Fire and SaltEvery unit killed by this ability turns into a pilar of salt that blocks construction and needs to be removed by workers.>Bread and FishDoubles your stored food.>RevelationsLess of a single ability and more like a cyclical ability with mapwide debuffs that change each time you recast it. It has 4 debuffs to fit with the 4 horsemen.For myth units not much different from what you could expect except for one:>Chi Rho StandardA support unit that grants additional damage against myth units to surrounding friendly units and grants a small amount of faith for each enemy myth unit killed in its area of effect.The Campaign would just be a mythologised retelling of Constantine's rise to power.
