Originally Posted by
zoner16
DLC is for things you can reasonably fit into the same game. India is a separate game, just in general. The subcontinent is almost as big as the China we're going to be getting in 3K and even more diverse. There isn't any meaningful interaction between the two either, since there's a massive mountain range and the entire Tibetan plateau in between.
Southeast Asia, as much as I like it, probably doesn't have enough going on to justify anything beyond the Han occupation zones and what immediately borders them. Really, it's just Funan down there right now, along with a couple of small kingdoms, and a whole bunch of disorganized tribes.
Don't know about you guys, but the Chola Empire would be a great setting for an Indian total war game. India in itself is an incredibly diverse region that will need to occupy the whole space of a campaign map. People assume that this is it's Medieval era, but to be honest if one ever examines the Hindu History of India, you'll find it's very much like China's in a sense, when Kingdoms and Empires fought against each other.
These settings, my fav is the Chola Empire, and the rest I'll list here:
Mauryan Empire:
Nanda Empire:
So India is a very diverse culture and will take some time. It's no easy project that is for sure. But CA did do an excellent job in portraying the Marathas fighting the Mughals, but not on the unit uniforms and stuff when we say for Empire. Tbh too much has been said on the Mughal Empire and the Medieval era, but certainly not enough on the Marathas(a very big empire, the Last of the Hindu Empires before the Duke of Wellington defeated them in three wars) and certainly there's not enough heard of these Empires. I feel if CA did these periods, it'd be nice.
But although I am jealous of the Chinese community getting their own total war(just kidding...) I'm actually glad. Finally no more Europe! Go diverse! Nine settings I believe have been in Europe. High time CA went to Asia.
Although, I wouldn't mind India getting it's own total war in the future. I REALLY WANT ONE!!!!