>>723098407
3k was a failure of DLC. The chapter shit was likely wanting to nickle and dime, when the smart move will have been to do:
>Nanban
>Northern Barbarians
>Korea
Then 9 princes, or rise of the Han, ect. 9 princes was just pointless because it's like having Rome 2 then doing your first big DLC as the 3rd century crisis or something.

>>723096967
Troy if you want mythos mode, otherwise I'm not sure why you'd go Troy over Pharaoh.

>>723094024
Right, it's pop cultural history. The other problem with Pharaoh is that people love the Egyptian aesthetic, not the Egyptian meat. Nobody likes to fantasize about Egyptian warfare - it's Pyramids, catgirls, the nile, city builders, egyptian gods, pyramids, more catgirls, more jackal girls. I'd always see people talking about wanting Babylonia or Elam and as someone who is British Museum staff autist level I'm just here going
"Do you know anything about their military? Because if you have info for Elam I'm all ears because we got JACK FUCKING SHIT" [not quite, but just about]