SotK's Spain Mod

[Son of the King]

I played some RTW!

[comrade_general]

[TTG4]

Great to see this being done, spain in vanilla was highly disappointing! Downloaded and played a bit and all seems to work fine for me, though loading is a bit slower than normal, but that's not really an issue.

One thing I have found though is an inability to build fleets. I have ports at Asturica, Scallabis, Numantia and Carthago Nova but none of them seem to be able to recruit boats like in the unit descriptions. Since it hasn't been mentioned I thought I'd also ad that farms are showing a warning on description text.

But overall I love it! Keep up the good work!

[Son of the King]

Playing that swap game made me want to mod again. Mainly Thrace, so I changed some stuff. I also fixed the boat bug, I derped.

[comrade_general]

[Son of the King]

For example, Thracian Hoplites (thinking of them becoming elite hoplites or somesuch).

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[Clockwork]

They look amazing mate looks like they fit seamlessly into the game

[Jubal]

Definitely change to the javelin anim for short/medium pikes, it's a simple trick but looks so much better. Looks nice though

[Son of the King]

I took account of the above advice and messed around with the hoplites some more.

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Also, thureophoroi (read weakened heavy peltasts with spears as their secondary weapon). I think I will use these to replace militia hoplites. They are actually marginally better in my opinion (slightly better armour, has a ranged weapon, same spears, although lack phalanx ability) and therefore are more expensive. I'll play a campaign with them replaced and see what its like compared with my game with militia hoplites in instead. They'll have a stronger version (Thorakitai) available to fill the role that I would have used them for as heavy peltasts. They will be a high-level range unit though, rather than from a basic barracks.

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[comrade_general]

Keep it up Sawman!

[Son of the King]

With the foot lineup sorted, I will add some horsemen to better match the historical cavalry prowess of the tribes in the region!

[Skull]

Really good!  I applaud to you!

[Son of the King]

Thanks .

First up on the cavalry list are the Getic Lancers (Thrace own Campus Getae, lets give them some Getae horsemen ). They fill a similar role to Macedon's light lancers, albeit with a weaker charge. Their shields make up for that difference though.

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The second addition is the Thracian Noble Cavalry. I kinda cheated a little here, they are just the General's Bodyguard guys. Excellent shock cavalry, recruitable from a level 3 stables (Hippodrome?).

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I'm removing the Greek cavalry, since that spot is filled by the Getic Lancers. However, Getic Lancers will be recruited from a basic stables alongside Militia Cavalry. The second level of stables will add some horse archers, as yet unimplemented. Then finally the third level will add the Thracian Noble Cavalry.

That gives the following roster:

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Barracks:

   - Thureophoroi

   - Thureophoroi
   - Falxmen
   - Thracian Hoplites

   - Thureophoroi
   - Falxmen
   - Thracian Hoplites
   - Getic Warriors
   - Phalanx Pikemen

   - Thureophoroi
   - Falxmen
   - Thracian Hoplites
   - Getic Warriors
   - Phalanx Pikemen
   - Thracian Elite Hoplites
   - Bastarnae

Stable:

   - Militia Cavalry
   - Getic Lancers

   - Militia Cavalry
   - Getic Lancers
   - Getic Horse Archers

   - Militia Cavalry
   - Getic Lancers
   - Getic Horse Archers
   - Thracian Noble Cavalry

Range:

   - Peltasts

   - Peltasts
   - Archers

   - Peltasts
   - Archers
   - Thorakitai                  (Ultra-heavy peltasts)

The elite hoplites are those pictured earlier in the thread, they are similar to armoured hoplites belonging to the Greek Cities. Thracian Hoplites will be similar to the standard Greek hoplites.

I am happy with the (deliberately) varied infantry roster, that represents the blend of barbarian culture and Hellenism that vanilla failed to capture.

Maybe I will turn this into a "fix factions failed by vanilla" mod .

[Jubal]

Wunderbar 

[TTG4]

This is looking more and more awesome! Beefed up Spain and Thrace in the same mod? What could be better!