Like 8roomsofelixir said, it's not how periodization works.

But I could suggest than if you really want to add an era, even if I personally think than the game don't need it (even more for modern period which is the most divided of the game) but I guess it will maybe happen as a mod, you should go with :

Renaissance > Early Modern > Industrial for exemple ?

About your unit suggestions :

- Actually the Privateer ship seems to be based on a Galleon, so it's already represented in the game.

- The Reiter is highly specific (the german cavalry with a black armor and a pistol) but why not, you should maybe go with Pistoleers (way more generic terminology and fit with the naming of the game : arquebusiers, greatswordmen, halberdiers, musketeers, ...etc)

In any case, Reiter and Pistoleers seems in an odd spot in your "modern era". Well your periodization is a bit wrong, so it's why they feel at the wrong place.

By the way about cavalry,

If you want some ideas of "generic" cavalry (the period is more about "established regiments" in european armies. ). For melee cavalry :

15th > 16th Gendarme (heavy) - 16th >  17th Demi-Lancer (heavy) - 17th > 19th Lancer(light) - 18th > 20th Ulhan (light) - 17th > 19th  Cuirassier (heavy - already taken as French Emblematic Unit) - 15th > 19th Hussar (Light) - 17th > 19th Dragoon (light)

For Ranged cavarly

17th Harquebusiers (heavy) - 16 > 19th Pistoleers or Reiter (heavy or light) - 17th > 19th Cuirassier (Heavy) - 17th > 19th Carabinier (light) - 15th > 19th Hussar (light) - 17th > 19th Dragoon (light)

- Your line privateer to submarine and destroyer seems a bit odd.

My personnal opinion. I don't really see the appeal of dividing the content of era. I had the feeling than most of poeple about these games want more units inside an era, instead of having less units like your idea. And poeple complained about the pace of humankind being too fast, and you make it even shorter.

With your idea, we will change culture 4 times in the modern times (because early modern - "modern" - industrial - contemporary, are part of the modern era).

Seems incoherent and a rush comparing previous era.

Imo, I would prefer than the era stay like they actually are : Early Modern - Industrial - Contemporary, so we can imagine which unit is missing, instead of broken all the unit tree, because your suggestion don't consider the balance of unit classes inside each era.

And if they add some units to these era. Like in Early Modern, we don't have cavarly unit, I would like to see Haudenausonee generic horsemen. An evolution for the siege engine in EM : trebuchet to bombard. Upgrade musketeers into Pike & Shot to have the representation of this important part of EM warfare, etc etc...

Zumwalt wrote:

Narcisse wrote:

- The Reiter is highly specific (the german cavalry with a black armor and a pistol) but why not, you should maybe go with Pistoleers (way more generic terminology and fit with the naming of the game : arquebusiers, greatswordmen, halberdiers, musketeers, ...etc)

In any case, Reiter and Pistoleers seems in an odd spot in your "modern era". Well your periodization is a bit wrong, so it's why they feel at the wrong place.

Still, Reiter is better. Although they originated in Germany, they spread throughout Europe. The gakkapelites were reiters.

Why it is better ? Reiter is just german pistoleer. It was my meaning. Pistoleer could encompass the Reiter.

Haudenosaunee Reiter or japanese Reiter, I don't believe it's the best naming convention but it's just my tastes.

And what's the argument about gakkapelite ? Not so much info about them. It's a swedish light cavalry, using pistols I guess. I don't read anything about them being Germans or having black armor; but like I said, almost not so much info so I don't know, I'm curious

Zumwalt wrote:

The line Privateer-Submarine is present in the game. This is logical - they both hunted for merchant ships.

It don't really explain why you put the destroyer on this line. And actually, it's just speculations because Industrial era is unrevealed. So you don't know if it's present in the game like this.

Zumwalt wrote

Narcisse wrote:

My personnal opinion. I don't really see the appeal of dividing the content of era. I had the feeling than most of poeple about these games want more units inside an era, instead of having less units like your idea. And poeple complained about the pace of humankind being too fast, and you make it even shorter.

If people want more units, then I can suggest the following technology tree (no extra era).

Well, I can't comment the industrial era. Because it's unrevealed, and I don't know what is part of your speculations and what is part of your suggestions in this image.

About Early Modern Era, I'm all up with the idea of having a cavalry unit, a reiter or pistoleer or caracole or whatever.

IMO, the Galleon is already in the game, like I already said, with a special ability, but still a galeon, on the line of the carrack which is legit.

I don't really understand the Galleon in medieval, I suppose it's a mistake.