12th playable faction

[General SupaCrunk]

If you go to the Factions page on the main site you can see that Austria's name and link has now moved to the left of the three columns rather than being in the centre like it was previously. That seems to be a good indication that thr site is abou tto be updated with a new faction.

It was already moved few days ago

[Jolt]

I am already pessimistic. I believe it will not be Portugal although I voted for it. The cutting of South America just reveals how "British Empire: Total War" this game is. How could anyone cut a continent of such an importance in the Imperial International arena? Portugal went to get most of its income throughout the period of Brazil's gold mines, and its inclusion would be an interesting possibility to start with a weak country and turn it into a potentially Great Power. Since Brazil and Africa is not in, the large Portuguese Empire which Portugal maintained is cut to Goa. *pfft*

[Lucidus]

Pessimistic? *shrugs shoulders* The History is written by the winners.

[KozaK13]

Pessimistic? *shrugs shoulders* The History is written by the winners.

I love it

[Jolt]

Pessimistic? *shrugs shoulders* The History is written by the winners.

That's why we all learn the Vietnamese War and its worldwide political implications through Vietnamese official history.

[ThePianist]

Portugal would be a clone of Spain, not to mention the extra language MP3's. So I doubt it'll be Portugal, and I hope it isn't. The Iroquois would be really interesting, but I wonder who still know a word of Iroquois. So probably Denmark-Norway, for the ease of historical research. Then maybe Safavids or the Mughals.

[Polemists]

Still no mention of the 11th faction, let alone the 12th.

Guess CA is late again, only two weeks until we get the entire game, think they could release factions on time at very least.

[General SupaCrunk]

Still no mention of the 11th faction, let alone the 12th.

Guess CA is late again, only two weeks until we get the entire game, think they could release factions on time at very least.

The 11th Faction is Mughals or Marathas. (CA stated only one of them is playable, it was PM to one member of Yuku)

[General SupaCrunk]

Portugal would be a clone of Spain, not to mention the extra language MP3's. So I doubt it'll be Portugal, and I hope it isn't. The Iroquois would be really interesting, but I wonder who still know a word of Iroquois. So probably Denmark-Norway, for the ease of historical research. Then maybe Safavids or the Mughals.

In AOE3 Iroquois talked in their REAL language, so no problems would be to do the same with ETW.

[Lusitani]

Portugal would be a clone of Spain, not to mention the extra language MP3's. So I doubt it'll be Portugal, and I hope it isn't. The Iroquois would be really interesting, but I wonder who still know a word of Iroquois. So probably Denmark-Norway, for the ease of historical research. Then maybe Safavids or the Mughals.

Well considering the absence of Africa, most of Asia and South America(which is odd considering the scope of the game), theres really not much interest in making Portugal playable.
Otherwise it should be present for obvious reasons.

Dont know where you got that "clone" idea, its incorrect to say the least.

And yes i agree with the Iroquois, I would gladly play them. And as far as i know theres still a reasonable number of Iroquois speakers.

V.

[Lucidus]

Well considering the absence of Africa, most of Asia and South America(which is odd considering the scope of the game), theres really not much interest in making Portugal playable.

Indeed. "Because Portugal is not a world power at the moment, historians feel free to give it scant attention. It is a case of history belonging to the victors.The greatest obstacle to gaining a true understanding of the past is our human tendency to read the present into it", says Norman Fiering, founder of the Forum on European Expansion and Global Interaction.

That's why we all learn the Vietnamese War and its worldwide political implications through Vietnamese official history

Well, the 12th century faction is almost certainly the US. Which is (historical) odd. I will say it again, history will always be written by the winners.

Portugal ,... a clone of Spain

According to Russel-Wood (Johns Hopkins University), "such statements testify to the ignorance concerning the Portuguese Empire"