If you mean black Africans, they would not be at the same technological level with other factions and lack high quality weapons and armour.
The idea that African technology was not up to par with european technology prior to the introduction of gunpowder is a common misconception which was spawned and promoted by racist who believed Blacks were naturally inferior. Africans were alongside arabs as forerunners in mathematics and science
The Mali Empire was an example of one of the nations
It's 200 later from Bannerlord's timeline though. And I'm not sure if they had as much unique weapons and armour as other cultures. I can't name any African sword.
The Aserai are clearly inspired but i would like i VISIBLY and CULTURALLY African faction based on civilizations such as Aksum and the Nok people. Both of which had the same technology as the other medieval people at the time.
Well women also weren't leading raiding parties, let alone clans in a patriarchal dominated society, yet that is an element of the game. There are also several earlier empires that were very successful Iron Age civilizations such as Eritrea and Djenna Djenno. And there are hundreds of African weapons you have just never seen them because no one puts medieval africans in anything
They can't add them untill Mount and Blade 3 anyways and we will probably not be alive when it comes out, so It's pointless to argue.
And also Africans did not use swords as much as other cultures. Like the mongols, they relied more on the bow with deadly accuracy. They did however have and could make swords, but long knives called Simi's were more common. Think of a machete wielding warrior with a bow and deadly precision who can run as fast as your horse.
True.
DLC baby
Except for western and northern africans such as the eritrea and somalian empires on the horn
Prior to 1500 Africans were basically up to speed with Europeans. Then the mongols came and f*****d everything up
Exactly the game is in early access, it very well could happen. Also i just made this account but i have an image of an African knight with armour on horseback from the 1400s
This is quite a bit late, from the Mahdist rebellion in Sudan, around the 1800's, but the quilted armour the horse and the two men are wearing is a long tradition in the area around Napata and upper Nubia.
The Benin Empire during the Middle Ages. As you can see, quite unique and distinct cultures, and they're not even related. There's an ocean of cultures, material and otherwise, no one ever thinks about when it comes to these kinds of games. At least Total War Attila added Aksum as a DLC.
I don't see why we can't keep arguing. We said "it'd be cool", and your answer was "they were technologically inferior", which is very debatable, and "I don't know African military culture"; which is not their fault, it's yours; and also, "pointless to debate, since it's not happening", which... eh?
I mean ****- even king arthur had a black knight on his round table
Even if they wanted to add an African faction devs have to change the whole map to add a new faction. And IRL Africans had borders with only Arabs and if they put them under Aserai It would be so easy for them to destroy Aserai since there would be no one else to attack them.
This is quite a bit late, from the Mahdist rebellion in Sudan, around the 1800's, but the quilted armour the horse and the two men are wearing is a long tradition in the area around Napata and upper Nubia.
The Benin Empire during the Middle Ages. As you can see, quite unique and distinct cultures, and they're not even related. There's an ocean of cultures, material and otherwise, no one ever thinks about when it comes to these kinds of games. At least Total War Attila added Aksum as a DLC.
I don't see why we can't keep arguing. We said "it'd be cool", and your answer was "they were technologically inferior", which is very debatable, and "I don't know African military culture"; which is not their fault, it's yours; and also, "pointless to debate, since it's not happening", which... eh?
