Slitherine

This game is really rocking.
Byzantine must be happy knowing whatever DLC they make, we will all pile in like teenage girls at a Justin Beiber concert to buy it within minutes of it becoming available.

GiveWarAchance wrote:This game is really rocking.
Byzantine must be happy knowing whatever DLC they make, we will all pile in like teenage girls at a Justin Beiber concert to buy it within minutes of it becoming available.

Oh we are, apart from having a nervous breakdown deciding which DLC to do next - the impossible answer being "all of them".

rbodleyscott wrote:

GiveWarAchance wrote:This game is really rocking.
Byzantine must be happy knowing whatever DLC they make, we will all pile in like teenage girls at a Justin Beiber concert to buy it within minutes of it becoming available.

Oh we are, apart from having a nervous breakdown deciding which DLC to do next - the impossible answer being "all of them".

Don't worry. As long as it is in anything from Roman era, dark ages or medieval times and has some nice armies ready to do battle, we will be happy to buy it. You can't go wrong.

GiveWarAchance wrote:Don't worry. As long as it is in anything from Roman era, dark ages or medieval times and has some nice armies ready to do battle, we will be happy to buy it. You can't go wrong.

I think this is true. While we each may have a preference, I'm pretty sure that I'll enjoy whatever is released. In fact, I'd pay for it right now

Quote from the Steam forum:

Persians (and Spartans to fight them) will come in a DLC before too long.

So there's no guarantee that it's first, or even imminent. But it makes me happy.

I prefer the age of Sparta and Greeks and Persian wars. So, I'm looking for them to to back in time some more to cover the great ancient battles. It's all good though as the engine is great and looks to be able to work with all warfare up to Napoleon. They can stop there as far as I'm concerned. Got too many of those already. Pike n Shot is there for the medieval ages. Now, we need more ancients content.

Don't really care that much, it will all be good. I just wish they would hurry up and get it done. It has already been... what, a week since game release! Geez, how long can a fan be expected to wait?

I've no idea how many people working in the team, but hopefully those working on bugs are different to those doing art-work and army lists etc. Otherwise we might not see anything until priority bugs are squashed.

ianiow wrote:My heart says "Swifter than Eagles" should be next for some fun of truly biblical proportions! But it makes sense to produce "Immortal Fire" first as they already have a lot of models already designed and running in "Rise of Rome".

I'd love to see "Swifter than Eagles" as well.

Imagine if they added the Ancient China expansion. All the Rome and China fanboys throwing their armies against each other, arguing about whether Rome or Han China would be victorious.

Igorputski wrote: Pike n Shot is there for the medieval ages. Now, we need more ancients content.

Ahem! Pike and Shot is most definitely not for the medieval period. More like "Early Modern" period, I would say. The medieval expansions that FOG has include "Wolves From the Sea", "Oath of Fealty", "Storm of Arrows", "Swords and Scimitars" and "Eternal Empire".

I would go for fall of Rome and rise of the barbarian kingdoms + rise of islam (V - VI/VII c.). Then go back in time to warring states period in China. Preferably with old campaign system from P&S

olin0111 wrote:I would go for fall of Rome and rise of the barbarian kingdoms + rise of islam (V - VI/VII c.).

Gets my vote as well. But then Richard already knows that from prior experience


BTW point of order - fall of the empire in the west, goes on for many centuries in the east

grumblefish wrote:Imagine if they added the Ancient China expansion. All the Rome and China fanboys throwing their armies against each other, arguing about whether Rome or Han China would be victorious.

You’ll be happy with my upcoming mod but still a long way to go. It won’t be as extensive as the FoG Empires of the Dragon book and no new 3D models. This makes it possible for Byzantine to release an official DLC in the future if they ever get to that point.

stockwellpete wrote:

Igorputski wrote: Pike n Shot is there for the medieval ages. Now, we need more ancients content.

Ahem! Pike and Shot is most definitely not for the medieval period. More like "Early Modern" period, I would say. The medieval expansions that FOG has include "Wolves From the Sea", "Oath of Fealty", "Storm of Arrows", "Swords and Scimitars" and "Eternal Empire".

Close enough; Pike n Shot is all you need; this game should stay in Ancients for a long long time.

First DLC fall of the Roman Empire and the beginning of the Dark Ages. Oh please oh please!

Stardog765 wrote:First DLC fall of the Roman Empire and the beginning of the Dark Ages. Oh please oh please!

Nah, Sparta and the Persian empire and Alexander; oh please oh please and more pleases than above. lol

Using DLC to grow the playerbase seems like a good idea to me. I wonder which historical settings are most well-known but also the easiest to implement? Maybe the campaigns of Belisarius? There seems to be a Viking revival going on at present so the TW: Attila method of highlighting pre-Viking Nordic warriors seemed successful as well.

The dark ages or moving into it would be lovely with Attila the Hun and all the tribes like Franks and Goths.

Or the Crusades and 100 years war time would be glorious to the extreme.

For Alexander the Great, there is the Tin Soldiers game on that war, but Greek vs Persians never can be overdone so more that would be good too.