More Troops Mod

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Before you continue, I want to thanks these peeps for their contributions:

Adonnay for continually updating his troop changer mod, without which this mod would not be possible to use.

DrunkenFrenchMan for being my template upon which this mod was built on. But also for letting me use a particular asset, which was helped by the Calradia Awakens Team. Have a guess at which one.

PersonalityX for helping me out with a crash issue. Check out his troop tree mod as well!

ADamnSexyName (leopoldtwo) for their amazing Helmets! To use with my mod, download the optional Vlandian modules.

Diakonus for his Solar Helmets mod. Couldn't have found a cooler helmets for the Embers of the Flame.

Apolon21 for his awesome assets in the Armor Pack mod.

Areldir for letting me use his awesome Calradian Reforms- The Armoury mod.

TheWanderingKhajiit for their many suggestions, screenshots and CBU compatibility pack.

And finally a big thanks to the awesome new helmets made and generously donated to me from Jamie.

By the way, if you want serious historical accuracy, you have to download DrunkenFrenchman's Blood Shit and Iron. Even if you use my mod, you better go and endorse his mod too. Seriously. Without it, many of the ideas in this mod would have never come about.

But anyway, about my mod.

Have you ever wanted Sturgian Noble Infantry? Maybe Battanian Common Archers? Perhaps better vanilla troops? Auxiliary troop trees? Recruitable minor troops? Or maybe you just to see troops inspired by my Warband headcannon.

...then perhaps you'll enjoy this mod.

About the mod

I really like the variety of troops in Bannerlord, however there are some obvious best troops. At the same time, skills don't seem to vary wildly enough, so troops end up feeling a bit samey. So I learned some XML, made a mediocre Battania mod. Because an archer faction with few archers is complete nonsense.

Then I saw other issues. The Imperials and Khuzait powercreeping everyone. Weak Vlandian Cavalry. Sad Sturgians. Average Aserai. Unrecruitable minor faction troops. Stupid armour values. There was so much work to be done, and so I decided to try fix everything else. And I will continue to do so until there is nothing left, or Prophesy of Pendor Bannerlord comes out.

A few things to note about my design process

[]At its root, I am trying to maintain the feel of the vanilla game, while taking some liberties with headcannon or equipment here and there.

[]Historical accuracy is a plus, but not a priority. I don't know if the Huns or Mongols used javelins for sure, but I decided to give it to them anyway. On the other hand, I will avoid zweihanders and plate armour at all costs.

[]I strive to make each and every soldier unique in purpose. To that end, I've made charts, pitted them against each other in the Enhanced Battle Test and even looked through every single skill template to find a pattern for their skills. I've even gone through the trouble of creating an excel spreadsheet for this mod.

[]More is better, but if its more shit then that's not better. When I thought about adding extra troops to each troop tree, I gave some serious thought about what each and every faction actually needs. So do not expect Battanian super heavy infantry, Khuzait Samurai or Sturgian Valkyries.

[]STURGIA ARE NOT NORDS. But I do think they should look like a super early Kievan Rus, so no kite shields either. I hope the balance between the two works.

[]NO VLANDIAN LONGBOWS. The Vlandians are the ancestors of the Rhodoks and Swadians, guys who use crossbows. They are absolutely not the 14th c