So it's not china.

[klopkr]

Well the new dev diary was just released and it didn't tell us anything new about what the next DLC could be... but it did imply what it wont be.

I am still bound by an NDA so I can not tell you exactly what we are doing right now, but I guarantee that it is something REALLY exciting that I am really looking forward to play. I know that a lot of you have been wanting this as well (this is where 10 new "Are they doing China?" threads will quote me).

So since he's bound by an NDA it's likely he wouldn't have been allowed to make this joke if it was china. We know from both Magnus and Groogy it's something big, exciting, and likely requested often on the forum.

So what can it be? Here's a list of popular suggestions followed by a list of things the devs have said they want to do.

Popular suggestions:
Late game DLC
Inland republics
Theocracies - very unlikely
China - Very unlikely
HRE stuff
Myths and Legends
Better Africa
Religious/heretic flavour
Post Muhammed start date

Here are some things devs have mentioned they're interested in:
China
Cadet branches
Naval battles
Vassal states
Less exploitable jews

Sorry I have no link for two of these. They were said a long time ago and I don't have the time to find them.

 

[ColZimin]

So what would a cadet branch DLC even entail? I'll confess that I barely even know what a cadet branch means. Budding dynasties off the old one I guess? Seems pretty thin to build a paid DLC around.

I'd be willing to bet that it's something focused on expanding "vanilla" content, i.e. for christian feudal realms. I suppose cadet branches could be a part of that, though.

 

[Alfy]

Isn't there a thread on this already? I mean, it's not as if we have real, new actual info here...

 

[klopkr]

So what would a cadet branch DLC even entail? I'll confess that I barely even know what a cadet branch means. Budding dynasties off the old one I guess? Seems pretty thin to build a paid DLC around.

I'd be willing to bet that it's something focused on expanding "vanilla" content, i.e. for christian feudal realms. I suppose cadet branches could be a part of that, though.

They wouldn't be the only part of the dlc, just something that's likely to come.

 

[Bernard95]

There was a thread similar to this one not too long ago. As I had said in that thread I would honestly put my money on something minor, probably event driven like a SoA or WoL. Specifically I would say Myths and Legends, a non-Christian SoA, or maybe something for the late game since we know it isn't going to expand the map. Come Christmas or so I'd put my money on something big like China.

 

[Nameless_Ensign]

Religions/Heresies expansion, except they'll forget all the other religions except for Norse again.

Norse become even stronger than current Nomads. Balance is restored to the force.

 

[DukeDayve]

Thank God. Only people who want to see this game's performance totally and utterly destroyed want China in CK2.

 

[SaphireSeas]

No Map expansion at all. That has been confirmed.
It's something both they and some of us wanted. Also confirmed.

Therefore possibilities Include:
Cadet Branches
Inland Republics
Theocracies(Although Devs said that they were not going to introduce them)
Time line expansion: back or forward. Back would most likely be to just after Muhammad's death. (however, though this may be implemented, it would probably enter with SE Asia and Indonesia, so... )
More start dates between Charlie, Old Gods and 1066.

So I'm thinking Cadet Branches. Which is brilliant, because your dynastic tree really does bog down when there are 2000+ members on it.

EDIT: I forgot: Naval stuff possibly

 

[Nameless_Ensign]

So I'm thinking Cadet Branches. Which is brilliant, because your dynastic tree really does bog down when there are 2000+ members on it.

How are they going to expand that to be worth the price of a full expansion, though?

 

[SaphireSeas]

How are they going to expand that to be worth the price of a full expansion, though?

I don't know. Look at SoA? what did they introduce? A general flesh out of several things people had been wanting. I suspect that's what this one will be like.

 

[Runite]

you're all wrong, it's not even ck2, it's gonna be a victoria 3 addon

 

[Pro]

The only official information so far is that there won't be any map expansion. So no, it won't be China.

 

[brobman22]

you're all wrong, it's not even ck2, it's gonna be a victoria 3 addon

No ck2 is finally going to enter its final form Rome 2.

 

[Dragatus]

Whatever it is, they said it was "awesome" and exciting. Cadet branches are cool and all, but I wouldn't use those words to describe them.

My guess is either inland republics or naval battles.

 

[Okawoa]

They need to make areas optional. An option to disable India and Chungwhoa at the start-screen and make it all unused and stuff. I mean if past saves from pre-horse lords can work ... why can we not blank out portions of the map?

 

[brobman22]

Whatever it is, they said it was "awesome" and exciting. Cadet branches are cool and all, but I wouldn't use those words to describe them.

My guess is either inland republics or naval battles.

Maybe its all three of them unlikely though.

 

[MrParadux]

Groogy recently postet in another thread (sadly can't find it right now), that the next dlc will not include a map extension: so definetly no china

 

[Kayden_II]

Probably a DLC about Theocracies ...
And the really exciting Issue is obviously to play as the POPE ...

To play as Bishop, to become Cardinal, to become Pope ...
To "fight" against Anti-Popes, to excommunicate Rulers and (last, but not least) to initiate CRUSADES in CK2.

 

[Mike Louis]

With the devs saying they want to implement things like naval battles and cadet lines, I wouldn't be surprised to see a late game dlc being released featuring the HYW, the Wars of the Roses, with new unit types signaling the introduction of gunpowder. Trade could be improved somewhat with addition of banking which will give the devs the perfect cover to make inland republics playable.

 

[prenda claw]

We need playable Pope, and Papal politics. That might be too controversial, though.

A Pope that doesn't do too much except rule about consanguinity might be all we can expect.

If fatwa and castration causes performance problems, do we truly want a vigorous Papacy over all of Catholicism?