Indian Faction

[Mystic Ninja]

I so wish they extended the map further east and included an Indian faction. Would have been so cool to attack knights with heavy armoured elephants!! or even take elephants to america and crush the aztecs!!! I know, unrelealistic but fun. Hopefully someome will do a mod.

[Spart]

Hmm.. This game is about european medieval period. And I don't think the modders will think of India first, depends on faction slots..
But some faction can have elephants with cannons, crush aztecs and knights with them. =)

[Mystic Ninja]

Hmm.. This game is about european medieval period. And I don't think the modders will think of India first, depends on faction slots..
But some faction can have elephants with cannons, crush aztecs and knights with them. =)

there was lots of trade between india and europe in that time so why not include an indian faction.

[Inhuman One]

I dont know anything about medieval india, I know that we, the dutch, traded a lot with them but I know nothing of their millitairy at that time.

I personly would have loved it if they started with the dark age and kept the reinesance out of it, I like the goths, and once the game starts they are already whiped out.

They could have at least put Holland in the game as an emerging faction, we were one of the most powerfull nations when we seperated ourselves from germany after all.

[vikrant]

implementation and choice of indian faction {in mod }
depends upon time period.
ie early,high late ..

[Spart]

Well, this is a war game, so trade has nothing to do with it. Weren't those trade routes closed by 13th century? And afterall, they though that America was India after finding it, so it doesen't sound like a familiar place to europeans, it was in a whole different world.
Yeah, it depends on time period, Europe was pretty isolated from the rest of the world for a long time.

[Hodor]

The Timurids are going to appear as an emerging faction around 1400 or so, and they are going to bring along Indian elephants.

[Cadmium77]

In the middle ages it was a big deal for England or France to just get in contact with the middle east let alone India. The far east is just out of the sphere of this game. And I'm no expert on India's history in that era, but can we even speak of a unified entity called India in that day and age?

[Inhuman One]

Holland got rich by trading with India. the VOC in particular.

[Cha0sMarin3]

Holland got rich by trading with India. the VOC in particular.

(Maybe a little off-topic, but anyways) Well i can tell you that the VOC period was kinda later and that including the Dutch isnt a good idea (im dutch too) . The Dutch have never been militairy strong and got their wealth out of the colonies that are not inlcuded in the game.

[vikrant]

but can we even speak of a unified entity called India in that day and age?

india was united three times in the history under 1 mauryans 2 mughals 3 british

so in late middle ages india was united under mughals



and the thread is about including an indian faction
not a faction named india

[Mystic Ninja]

india was united three times in the history under 1 mauryans 2 mughals 3 british

so in late middle ages india was united under mughals



and the thread is about including an indian faction
not a faction named india

exactly

[PartyElite]

hmmm.... well, it WAS the mughals at that time... but united?
i mean... mauryans united like a fifth of the country, the british era is too modern, but they did unite it, and the mughals got very close, but they ignored all of south india (which was united majorly by the Chholas). So there is potential for two Indian factions !

Oh, and india was fairly important for the spices (if i remember right) cuz those were a) exotic; b) preservatives and c) yummy (lol).

and, hey, if there is any plans for making a mod with 1 or 2 indian faction(s), i would gladly contribute to animating (i'm proficient with 3ds Max, so i know what im talking about, not joking around... but i haven't yet modded a TW game ...)

[Mystic Ninja]

hmmm.... well, it WAS the mughals at that time... but united?
i mean... mauryans united like a fifth of the country, the british era is too modern, but they did unite it, and the mughals got very close, but they ignored all of south india (which was united majorly by the Chholas). So there is potential for two Indian factions !

Oh, and india was fairly important for the spices (if i remember right) cuz those were a) exotic; b) preservatives and c) yummy (lol).

and, hey, if there is any plans for making a mod with 1 or 2 indian faction(s), i would gladly contribute to animating (i'm proficient with 3ds Max, so i know what im talking about, not joking around... but i haven't yet modded a TW game ...)

give it ago, may be prometheus could do one to

[communisto]

well, i could see an india'ish faction including, since the only reason they went to america was to find another way to india

[The Mongol]

Thing is, alot of the factions didn't even make contact and this game is based mostly on Europe.

Needless to say I would never mind seeing the world go all the way into China/Japan etc.

TW changes history afterall :p

[vikrant]

@ indian_boy90
nobody united india {south asia} absolutely .
even today the subcontinent is divided

[Mystic Ninja]

I'm not talking about a united Indian faction, I'm talking about extending the map to include parts of India and including one or more of the many factions present in the divided India of that time (i.e start date of the game).

[PartyElite]

yeah, not united... obviously... i was just wondering if 1 faction would suffice. 2 makes sense if u go waaay to the south. Hmm.. and i guess i was wrong about the mauryans... i guess im confusing them with some other empire...

but now im wondering... what type of units could u expect from the mughals? did elephants really fit into their armies all that much?

edit: what duz it mean to move to 'vv?' didnt wanna (almost) double post for one question, and i feel kinda noobish asking this question...

[vikrant]

@ mystic niinja
i got that in the first place
its not for u its just to make the picture clearer when india was united and upto what extent


and i think its time to move it to vv