How many civs do you predict will be in the official XP and which civs will they be?

[Dinorius R.]

Asian cultures are a bit neglected in Civ3. It occurred to me that Indonesia, representing 200 million people, has been way more influential than any American native tribes for example. Although Indonesia as a country is a modern invention, the culture stretches back to ancient times and it survives today as the largest Islamic nation on earth.

Thailand (or I guess it would be Siam) is not big, but it is ancient too and has the distinction of never having been totally conquered by anyone, ever. It could be a proxy for the several other Indo-Chinese cultures (Burma, Laos, Vietnam) in the same way the Iroquois are meant to represent all the North American tribal nations.

Not that I think any of these will make it into the XP version, Asian cultures are too far off the radar screen for the typical Civ3 player it seems.

 

[vanderbilt_grad]

I'm willing to bet that there will be either 8, 14, or 16 new Civs. +8 = 50% more. +16 = 100% more. +14 gives exactly 2 civs with matching traits ... for example both the Japanese & Aztecs are Militaristic and Religious.

My top 6 choices:

1. Celts
2. Sioux
3. Inca
4. Vikings
5. Mongolians
6. Carthaginians

 

[CrazyScientist]

If I had to guess, I would say there will be five new civs. They will throw together a whole new civ-specific trait, and add a civ for each new combo, while changing either the japanese or the aztecs to it so there is no more overlap.
Although I have no idea what that new trait might be, so maybe not.

Do we even know for sure that there will be an x-pack, or is this all specualtion?

 

[Ribannah]

As an additional European civ, I'd take the Dutch. Their empire may have been smaller than that of Spain, but they contributed a lot to the advance of human civilization and they are still among the top economic powers today.

I'm hoping the XP will contain 8 civs.
For a decent geographical spread, we need a civ from South America, where I would put Tiahuanaco (the Inca rule is just the last dynasty of that same empire), Polynesia (capital: Jakarta), at least one African civ (Ethiopia) and possibly Mongolia.

That makes five. I would add Arabia, Mali and the Maya for good measure.