Expansion

[Lorenzo_H]

I don't mind what it is, though I certainly tend towards an expansion which involves a continent other than Europe to exploit! (America?)

[Irish Soldier]

I don't mind what it is, though I certainly tend towards an expansion which involves a continent other than Europe to exploit! (America?)

Exactly. Gentelmen Picture a expansion pack with North and South America. Just Picture it. And Of course where it does not tke as long to get there as it does in med 2. Immagine Sailing over and Blowing the Hell out of the Natives. I know you get to do a bi of this is med 2 but hardly anything worth talking about. A Epic Exspansion that lets you Colonise the New Wolrd. Maybe Parts of Africa as well. Now You all have to admit that Would be Impressive. I certaintly think so

[Beefeater]

Arab Invasion gets my vote. A little sensitive though, so I'm thinking it's unlikely.

[Zenicetus]

Yeah, I can't see "Muslim Invasion" or anything similar being very practical, although I'd play it myself. Too much cultural/political baggage.

I'd like to see a "Total War: Conquest of the Caribbean" beginning with Spain established in the 'Crib and starting to decline in power, with the other European seafaring factions horning in on the action. It could almost mirror the RTW/BI expansion in that respect, with Spain taking the part of the Holy Roman Empire.

It has two main drawbacks though: first, it would suffer somewhat from a lack of tactical 3D sea battles, since I doubt we'd get a whole new tactical battle engine just for an expansion. And second, if it tracks history then there would only be a few different factions to play.... the Spanish, Portuguese, British, French, and Dutch... just the major seafaring nations of Europe. It wouldn't be the large map, or large numbers of factions we had in RTW/BI. And by the time the other nations arrived after Spain, the natives were pretty well suppressed, or dead of disease. At least you'd have some colorful "rebels" in the historical pirates of the time. Pirate factions would have coastal cities under their influence that you'd have to capture. I think this expansion idea might sell just by trading on the current popular interest in the pirate theme, and still be a strategically interesting mini-game.