Sword of Islam adds playable Muslim Rulers to Crusader Kings II

[Sleight of Hand]

Paradox have an office in New York. They do their press releases and PR stuff there I think.

 

[Sleight of Hand]

2. Will Zoroastrians get their own symbol separate from the Pagan symbol? Even if they're not playable, it can't be too hard to get a more appropriate symbol for them.

Doomdark has just said there will be an icon for Zoroastrianism in the 1.06 patch.

 

[suchiuomizu]

OK, so it's June, is it out yet?

No. They said they were planning it to be a mid-late June release.

 

[BigDork]

There are still two more dev diaries to come so I'm thinking a release in the 3rd week of June.

 

[asix79]

There are still two more dev diaries to come so I'm thinking a release in the 3rd week of June.

Hopefully, you're right. If you are, the release date would be June 19.

 

[Spartanlemur]

That sounds awesome. Still, i'd much prefer a pagan dlc focused on the Nordic/Romuva/Suomenskuo religions. Mjolnir demands blood!

 

[unmerged(445458)]

I don't mind paying money for muslims, but I am worried when you say that as of 1.6 it will be impossible to convert to non-playable religions. That would include Norse, Tengri, etc. as well, yes? And they wouldn't have DLC available for them either. So there is nothing I can do, as of 1.6 I will not be able to convert to Norse Paganism no matter how much DLC I buy, I'm just completely forbidden. That seems like a problem.

 

[unmerged(200028)]

I'm a little shocked that this isn't a fully fledged expansion. I hope that dlc doesn't ever replace expansion packs.

 

[Thure]

I'm a little shocked that this isn't a fully fledged expansion. I hope that dlc doesn't ever replace expansion packs.

See it this way... The mechanics are in the patch. So you have a expansion without paying money! You must only pay, if you want to play Moslems.

 

[unmerged(200028)]

Yes, that's true. It's really nice that they include all of the new mechanics for free.

 

[Jia Xu]

I'm a little shocked that this isn't a fully fledged expansion. I hope that dlc doesn't ever replace expansion packs.

Considering this is half the price of PI's traditional styled expansions, I hope the new model does replace the old expansions completely.

 

[Garak]

I'm a little shocked that this isn't a fully fledged expansion. I hope that dlc doesn't ever replace expansion packs.

I believe they've said that they are replacing it with this model.

 

[riknap]

I'm a little shocked that this isn't a fully fledged expansion. I hope that dlc doesn't ever replace expansion packs.

http://forum.paradoxplaza.com/forum/showthread.php?582943-DLC-amp-Expansion-policy

 

[unmerged(200028)]

Ah, well so long as the content is still good I'm happy. Actually, this is a lot cheaper than a standard expansion. I think CKII was such a success that they can afford to free up prices a bit.

 

[xking]

will we have a African portrait DLC for mali

 

[Sleight of Hand]

will we have a African portrait DLC for mali

More than likely, I'd say.

 

[Joel M Bridge]

there DLC itself is not just play Muslims, the Emir Sultan and Caliph will have there game play mechanic to them feel and play differently from feudal lord.

 

[Thure]

there DLC itself is not just play Muslims, the Emir Sultan and Caliph will have there game play mechanic to them feel and play differently from feudal lord.

No. The gameplay mechanics are in the patch. The DLC is only playing Muslims.

 

[Arko]

No. The gameplay mechanics are in the patch. The DLC is only playing Muslims.

yep but mechanics for muslims can be used by player only coupled with the DLC.

 

[unmerged(358109)]

That sounds awesome. Still, i'd much prefer a pagan dlc focused on the Nordic/Romuva/Suomenskuo religions. Mjolnir demands blood!

hopefully when they've released this muslim expansion, they'll work on the pagans next, then later start working on indiviual cultureal structures unrelated to religions, such as byz, rus and other unique cultural structures.