Poll: future MTWII mod:

[TosaInu]

Moved back to Citadel by TosaInu.

[cunctator]

Bronze age empires: 1500-1200 BC

[Geoffrey S]

I'd love to see a mod focusing in great detail on the Hundred Years' War, with particular attention to Flanders mid-14th century. A fascinating time, and would portray the French situation far more accurately than has been done thus far.

[heroic hungarian]

there is a mod for the crusades its on rome totalwar it's great

[heroic hungarian]

there is a mod for the crusades its on rome totalwar it's great

[Musashi]

I'm more interested in Byzantium than any of the other factions mentioned. They're horribly neglected by historians due to the fact that so many factions had a vested interest in minimizing their role in world events, but even after the western empire collapsed, the ERE was a major dominant power for a thousand years or so. That's a pretty big deal for something so ignored imho.

Not to mention that a lot of the knowledge the muslims brought to the west was actually preserved by Byzantium.

[dacdac]

The Islamic one would be cool, but wouldn't you have to kick out the Sassanid Empire (which is found in BI for RTW)? I guess playing as the Seljuks trying to take out the Ottomans would be cool as well. I dont think i know enough about that time period in that part of the world to judge how good an expansion for it would be.

[Tristrem]

my vote would be for a rise of islam total war. It is a very interesting time period that is usually forgotten in the gaming world. If someone were to start a on this period, I would offer to help, I don't know much about modding, but could help with the needed research

Good luck with whatever the choice ends up being

[IrishArmenian]

Post Roman: 284-610 AD

[PseRamesses]

The Islamic one would be cool, but wouldn't you have to kick out the Sassanid Empire (which is found in BI for RTW)? I guess playing as the Seljuks trying to take out the Ottomans would be cool as well. I dont think i know enough about that time period in that part of the world to judge how good an expansion for it would be.

Sassanids decline, from around 630ad, due to muslim expansion would indeed be cool to play. The Sejuks came later, around 1030ad.
If you Google this time period and area you´ll find IMHO the most total war like scenario ever. Start with Mohammed at the gates of Mecka in 632ad and conquer all lands from Iberia to India. Twart invasions, schisms within islam and the rise of nations like the Seljuks, Ottomans, Mongols, Turks etc etc... wow, what a rush!

[PseRamesses]

"Bump"

[Whacker]

I'm more interested in Byzantium than any of the other factions mentioned. They're horribly neglected by historians due to the fact that so many factions had a vested interest in minimizing their role in world events, but even after the western empire collapsed, the ERE was a major dominant power for a thousand years or so. That's a pretty big deal for something so ignored imho.

Not to mention that a lot of the knowledge the muslims brought to the west was actually preserved by Byzantium.

This has my vote; this or Dark Ages 476AD - 1066AD. Something about the time of the WRE's fall to ... I dunno, some 300-400 year period surrounding the rise of the ERE. I'd normally say the fall in 1453 but that's a 1000 year game, even at 2-4 years a pop that's still 500-250 turns. (not that I care, I love long games). The other thing that I'd absolutely love to see is the Early Middle Ages (Dark Ages) from 476 up to say 1066. Many people don't realize how dynamic and revolutionary Europe was during this period, the rise of feudal type governments, the concept of nations beginning to emerge, people starting to find an identify rather than thinking of "being a roman vassal", the era of Charlemange, etc. Great stuff.

As to the other individual's comment about Shogun 2, this would be great to see for the next title, however I'd rather see something based on the Mongols or ancient China.

Also... And this is just my personal opinion, but I'd like to specifically vote AGAINST anything post 1500AD. I find that period of time from about 1500 to 1900 to be exceedingly boring.

Cheers!

[holycow]

I wish they'd make a combo of TW and Civilization with all continents and cultures from stone age to probably mule/musket age 1900s!!

1. the ability to settle cities anywhere - area of influence dependent on population - not predetermined provinces
2. build roads,forts, etc anywhere w/ engineer units - not predetermined roads/ports
3. build wonders of world anywhere - as long as you have the tech
4. unit/building tech tree dependent on technology not population
5. ability to steal/trade/give tech and therefore build diff culture units
6. trading and diplomatic alliances with real consequences - ability to enact trade sanction as a trading block or something like that - imagine a bunch of factions all of a sudden not trading with you
7. ability to propose diplomatic action beyond just vanilla alliance,trade, etc - alliances are useless in these games.
8. real time naval battles, no more auto-guess
9. tech/unit access dependent on resource access - how can you build iron/steel weapons w/out access to iron - makes trade sanction/blockade that much more potent
10. trade not tied down to a few cities/ports - ability to pick which cities/ports to trade with. say you needed tin from city x so you can make bronze
11. ability to assign units to an army w/ army decal/name/number/ or general's name
12. ability to recruit/build/train generals not just adpot/bribe/born
13. capital distance penalty dependent on road/port/fleet tech tree- not tied to just distance
14. Lastly, no more Mt Everest battle maps!!!!!