Hellenic world (Build 041228) by Drák
Category: Mods
Compatibility: Rome: Total War
Screenshot: greeks.jpg
Description:
Hellenic World - Greek Mod:
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(december the 28th 2004)
The present mod is designed to be played with the Greek City States only. Playing it with another faction is possible but simply not fun. For a good overall RTW mod, use for example the Rome Total Realism mod.
The Hellenic World mod is a mix of historical accuracy and esthetical textures.
We have tried of course to make the new units historically accurate.
That was our main objective: recreate the spirit of the strategy and tactics of a post-Alexander Greek City States confederation.
The Hellenic World mod is meant to be "role-played". Powergamers will hate it.
NEW UNITS (Greek City States):
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Corinthian Agèma:
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Well disciplined, led by high-ranking officers and carrying large hoplon shields, Corinthian Agèma are a worthy addition to any Greek Army.
Trained at Corinth only, in City Barracks.
Athenian Hoplite:
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Athenian hoplites are an elite among Greek soldiery, well armoured and trained these are formatable men capable of holding the line.
Trained at Athens only, in City Barracks.
Hamippos Militia:
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Hamippos are light militia infantry best used to guard the flanks of hoplites and to manoeuvre around an engaged phalanx unit and provide pressure on its rear.
Trained in any Greek city with a muster field (basic barrack building).
Agrianos:
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Agrianos are a perfect means for protecting phalanxes and flanking around engaged units. More armoured and skilled then the Hamippos these infantry will hold their own.
Trained in any Greek city with militia barracks.
Pharsalikè Ilè Medium Cavalry:
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Pharsalikè Ilè Medium Cavalry are spear-armed horsemen capable of turning the tide of battle.
Trained in any Greek city with a hippodrome.
MODIFIED UNITS:
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Cretan Archers and Rhodian Slingers:
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(Cretan Toxotès and Rhodian Sphendonetès)
They can be trained in Peloponnesus (Sparta and Corinth) and Attica (Athens), as soon as a settlement get an archery range.
Rhodian Sphendonetès recruited in Peloponnesus get bonus experience.
Greek Archers:
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(Toxotès)
They can now be trained in all greek provincies (Macedonia, Seleucid and City States) with a basic practice field, just like the peltasts.
(historical accuracy for a post-Alexander era: pelasts just as basic greek archers were known as Psiloi)
Spartan Hoplites:
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Spartans are now available in city barracks at Laconia (Sparta).
Like armoured hoplites, Athenian hoplites or Corithian Agèma, Spartans are Elite Armoured hoplites.
(historical accuracy for a post-Alexander era: in 270BC Spartan Hoplites exist... in fact, they EXISTED. Making them trainable in City Barracks is simply obvious. They are still expensive though...)
Mercenary War Elephants:
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With a "Resource elephants" settlement, the Greeks (City States, Maecdonia and Seleucids) can now train Mercenary War Elephants.
(historical accuracy for a post-Alexander era: the Hellenic Empire has already used elephants -when available- in the past, before 270BC)
Triremes, Quinquiremes and Deceres:
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Athens can now build ealier better ships:
with a port, you can produce triremes in Athens. With a shipwright, quinquiremes, and with a dockyard, corvus quinquiremes and deceres.
(Note: Corvus quinquiremes and deceres are ships developped by the romans. Athenians copy and adapt those technologies to their own needs)
Lithobolos and Oxybelès:
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(Onagers and Heavy Onagers)
Corinth can produce onagers and heavy onagers earlier than any other city of the greek world.
OTHER MODIFICATIONS:
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-The Greek Cities are now known as the Hellenic Empire.
-All hoplites of the mod use now long pikes instead of spears.
(historical accuracy for a post-Alexander era)
-All factions: +50% to laws and +50% to happiness from governor buildings
(squalor/riot problem almost suppressed)
-All factions: Up to +4 to the population growth bonus for the low level governor buildings
-All factions: Construction times for all buildings= 1 turn
-Syracuse and the province of Sicilia Graecus is no more a "Spartan resource".
Spartan hoplites can no more be trained there.
-Strategy map color modifications: The 4 roman factions use now the same color, red (the original Julii color).
The Greek City States use the former Scipii color (blue).
Those changes are only esthetic cause in my opinion that dirty yellow/gold for the City States is simply ... ugly
-Several greek units has been renamed (historical accuracy) but their stats are unchanged:
General's Boduguard= Basilikè ilè Cavalry
Balista= Gastraphetès
Light skirmisher cavalry= Hippakontistès
Onager= Lithobolos
Heavy onager= Oxybelès
Peasants= Perioikoi
CREDITS:
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Thx to all the "greek faction overhaul" team @twcenter.net for the units skins and textures.
(and especially spartan_warrior)
CONTACTS:
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juhadecrey.draksen@pp.inet.fi
http://www.draksen.net
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