Announcing: Thorized - The Great War, NTW
Thorized - The Great War is an early Alpha stage mod that brings WWI-esque combat to NTW, and that, hopefully, will feature WWI skins and diplomatic starting positions later on.
What the mod will feature in the upcoming First Edition -
WWI stats and formations across the board, that means
- All infantry carry rifles
- All infantry have breech load animations
- All rifles have 'bolt-action' reload times
- All infantry upped to 400 men per unit. (ALL of them)
- All infantry fight in 'skirmisher-chain' type formations.
- All cannons fire explosive shells.
- All cannons feature WWI, breech load relaod times.
- All cannons can fire over obsticles.
- Howizters fill a WWI-era role.
- All cavalry at 200 men.
- Much larger deployment zones.
New AI
-CAI will be much more aggressive
-CAI will honor alliances much better
-CAI will be much more determined to take back lost provinces
-CAI build priorities will be reworked for a much more challanging, much more balanced experience
-CAI will merge armies to form larger stacks, no more tiny stacks of 1 or 2 units except for raiding.
New Economy
- Men and bolt-action rifles are cheap. More units equal larger, more epic battles, and a much more competent CAI.
- Economy will be along the lines of my other mod Total Combat.
New Uniforms
- Using some of the already 'era friendly' uniforms in NTW, I will be reskinning the infantry of the factions to be as era friendly to the Franco-Prussian War/WWI as possible.
Tactics - Artillery
Artillery reins as king of the battlefield. As in the Franco-Prussian War, the Crimean War, and yes, WWI the Great War, a determined artillery bombardment can stop an infantry advance dead in it's tracks. The big guns win battles.
If you are on the attack, a valid tactic is to simply sit back, soften your targets with artillery, and then send in the infantry. However, the defenders will be returning artillery fire, what is a general to do?
The AI knows its artillery is king, so beware.
Tactics - Infantry
Infantry attack in waves with no clear formation. They use cover, they use the terrain, they hide from artillery attacks. Bearing bolt-action rifles, they can deliver literal walls of fire into their targets, reducing cavalry and enemy infantry to shreds.
The main weakness of infantry during this period was primarily their lack of mechanization, their vulnerability to artillery, and the generally poor conditions underwhich they were trained and lived.
Tactics - Cavalry
Like the cavalry of the Crimean War on, cavalry are a definite 'vestige of a bygone era.' Although still considered elite by the nations they serve, cavalry charging infantry head on will, most likely, not even make contact before being cut down. Equally vulnerable to artillery fire, open-minded commanders are hard-pressed to find a role for their once elite cavalry forces.
RELEASE DATE
The next few days.
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Originally Posted by DoomBunny666
