With Overlord’s release, the speculation cycle begins oncemore. What comes next? While we don’t know for certain, we are likely to get a smaller DLC later on this year if the trend continues. As for the next “big” DLC, I have several theories.

1) Internal Politics

The big one, and arguably the most requested rework. The devs themselves have even touched on this in Q&A sessions, and while Overlord overhauled rebellions and vassals, the internal developments of your specific empire still lack substance. I’d be surprised if this wasn’t the next big expansion, but there are obviously a few other possibilities.

2) Primitives Story Pack

This was also touched on in a Q&A, and might even be the next “small DLC”. Primitives add little aside from some small events and minor interactions you can have. Making them more fleshed out would be fun to play with.

3) Fallen Empires/Precursors/Tech

This one is more “out there”, but I think it would be beneficial for the game, especially the earlygame. While mods do make these more interesting, having the vanilla game handle the “older” civilizations better would be very interesting. Imagine if precursor event chains went on for longer and became more of a long-term project rather than “survey/excavate these systems, go to this new one, here’s your relic”. Fallen Empires too could use more of an overhaul, as right now they’re more akin to Civ’s City-States.

These are just a few theories/ideas I have, but obviously I don’t work for Paradox. What do you think we’re getting next?