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I think about EE1/2 in a similar way like you, oshron. Apart from having changed unit accessability (every civ gets pretty much every unit class, except for some notable exceptions (Greeks lack offensive (sword) infantry, Persians and Egyptians lack siege, several nations lack heavy warships), I designed the civs pretty much like the ones of 0AD. Having all the globe into an RTS game was always one of my wishes, and with Pyrogenesis, I will be able to fullfill it.

The whole globe, I said. Actually, my plans go for 18 civs in total. However, I am by no means planning to release them as one, but to split them up in two bunches of 9 civs each.

The first 9 will cover the area of the world that 0AD is also set on - Europe and the Middle East. (since I will have no problems with environment changes here) The second 9 cover the rest of the world and will come with an expansion pack. This includes Asian, African and American civs.

Basic Game:

French faction

British faction

Greek/Italian faction (Ancient Greece -> Byzantines -> Italy)

Roman/German faction

Russian faction

Persian/Iranian faction

Egyptian faction

Phoenician/Spanish faction

Turkish faction (may change into modern day's Israel in Modern Age)

X-Pack:

American faction (USA)

Aztec faction

Incan faction

Bantu faction

Chinese faction

Japanese faction

Korean faction

Mongolian faction

Indian faction

USA???

The Europeans started colonising the Americas in the 16th century.

Or... you mean the Northern-American Indians, like the Sioux, Apachians, Iroquis?

Andway. your preposal is good.

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Actually, I have a mod idea for 0 AD that turns it into the timeframe of a game like EE or Civilisation, which is the whole history of humanity. I will probably show the concept in public when the Alpha is out. It contains pretty much all of the civs that you mentioned.

Does it contain the Chinese? Japanese? Indians? Koreans? Native Americans?

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i also suggested something like this as a 0ad part 3. since part one focuses on rome and civilizations that encountered rome from 500bc to 1bc, and the second focuses on ones from 1ad to 500ad, the next logical step would be to have a third pack that introduces "non-roman" civilizations from both period (such as the yamato japanese, han chinese, mauryan indians)

I don't think that different parts would make sense.... just include theese civs:

European:

-The Romans

-The Greeks/Hellenes

-The Celts

-The Iberians

-The Germancs???

-The Slavs???

Near-Eastern:

-The Persians

-The Carthaginians

-The Semites/Israelites/Jews/Ghassanids/Arabs???

-The Berbers???

Far-Eastern:

-The Huns???

-The Chinese???

-The Japanese???

-The Koreans???

-The Indians???

American Indian:

They have no cavalry at all.

-The Nahuas (the anchestors of the Aztecs.The lived in North America in 0 AD, and they started migrating to Mexico in the 6th century.)

-The Mayas (From Wikipedia: the first clearly “Maya” settlements were established in approximately 1800 BC in Soconusco region of the Pacific Coast. The first written inscription in Maya hieroglyphics also dates to this period c. 250 BC)

-The Iroquis? The Sioux? Sorry, I don't know anything about the Native Americans (other than Mayas) in the Classical Antiquity.

My idea is that the best would be to have just ONE Roman civilization, which represent all of the Romans: the Roman Republic and the Roman Empire.

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My humble suggestion to this promising and awesome-sounding game would be to include the Americas... the Mesoamerican civs, and some Asian ones, too.

I know I know - it would be historically incorrect if the Romans encountered the.... Aztecs, Incas or Mayans, or I don't know.

But think about the possibilities of an Alternate History - what if the Romans colonised the Americas? Would have that saved the Empire and made it immortal? Or not....

I don't know, I'm just so addicted to the "Ancient Romans discovering the Americas" alternate stories.

It would be also nice to include some Asian civilizations: the Huns, the Chinese (Han Dynasty? Xin Dynasty?), or even the Koreans (Three Kingdoms: 57 BC – 668 AD), Japanese (Yayoi period: 300 BC–250 AD)....

It would be realy nice to see Mediterran (Ancient Roman, Hellenistic Greek), "barbarian" European (Franks, Saxons, Goths, Vandals), Asian (Huns, Chinese, Japanese, Korean, maybe Indian) and Mesoamerican civilizations in one game.

So it would create ENDLESS possibilities for alternate histories.

It would be AWESOME to see Romans waging war on Incas/Mayas/Aczecs, Aztecs invading Britain, Persians/Carthagians/Iberians/Celts conquering the Americas, the Japanese becoming big power, etc. etc.