We know flying combat (and transport) units can be incorporated (from AoM) so all that really remains is to figure out a practical way of involving dog fights (I do not recall much air to air combat in AoM). if they could get some sort of (internal) political mechanic into the game, I do think a WWI or even an inter-war Imperial Age would work. It may, however, be necessary to call the game Age of Empires V: Mythology. I think the next project should be Age of Mythology II rather than doing a DE for AoM. So this game would take place from after the US. From where Age of Empires 3 kind of left off. My second choice would be the Industrial Warfare age. Aztecs don't even exist yet, so there would be Maya, Olmec, Tiwanaku, and Wari. Visigoths, maybe Rome divided into East and West civs, Germanic and Celtic nations formed in the North, the first Caliphate, the early Mongols, Vandals, Ghana, even the Hunnic Empire. Age 5 would cover Rome until the precursor of the Dark Ages. Kind of where Age of Empires 1 left off right? The Rise of Rome covered early Rome and the first half of it really. If they do Age of Empires 5, I hope it'll be the late Ancient Period.

Each age community likes the niche they come from. It's kind of easy to tell by all of the current Age games and most Age fans would agree. Age of Empires 5 will pick a core message to convey. It's that consistency that actually immerses myself into the game. In each Age of Empires game there is a core theme that the game 'most of the time' sticks too. Age of Empires is all about a specific message, even if it covers over 1000 years of history, it's still fine. Going from Stone Age to Future is the single factor of why I only put less than a couple hours into that game years ago. Empire Earth already does that and it's horrible to me.

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