Making Roman Life Harder

[Morfans]

I've found WRE is relatively easy, even in VH/VH.

So, here is a bunch of tweaks to make Romans life as hard as it is supposed to be.

• Battles - Recruitment Priority

German factions can recruit plenty of cheap light infantry units - without control, the AI makes full stacks of skirmishers that are systematically slaughtered by any modest Roman army.

I have introduced a recruitment offset in the EDU like this:

Siege weapons have offset 0
All other units start with offset 1
Cavalry units get a priority bonus of 2
Unit costing more than 300 get a priority bonus of 1
Unit costing more than 700 get a priority bonus of 1
Bonuses are cumulative: a cav unit costing 1000 gets 2 + 1 + 1

Restarted a WRE campaign and by turn #32 I've started seeing Vandal stacks populated with Gardingi inf, heavy spearment, Cnithe, etc - no easy life to Roman legions any more !

I have not tried yet, but these changes should have a limited impact on the Roman AI.

Note that in the EDU, I had already modified Roman recruitment costs like this:

Upkeep reduced by 25%

Recruitment = upkeep

Turns increased by 50% (eg comitatenses 4 turns, aux pal sr 6 turns, etc)

• Battles - Plumbatae

Plumbatae must be toned down - they can make a big difference. However, their number can't be lowered (they were obviously 5, as seen in the models). Range is already low (40m). So we are left with the attack factor: in the EDU, I have lowered it by some 20%, but it must probably be further reduced.

• Faction Standings

Alliances with Berbers/Suebi are too easy for the Romans - desr_strat modified: now best relationship to WRE is "poor".

• Settlement Mechanics

Increased penalties for "distance to capital", "religious unrest", "no governance".
I want to see some riotings ! An empire with 44 regions must be a pain in the neck to manage.

Some effects are already visible after 20-30 turns. More info later. Your feedback appreciated.

[Magister Militum Flavius Aetius]

Very interesting. You might wanna talk to Rio, maybe you could work on v2.0 for him while he works on the other 3 ones. I'm a modder and I can already see the great improvements in this mod.

[Morfans]

Very interesting. You might wanna talk to Rio, maybe you could work on v2.0 for him while he works on the other 3 ones. I'm a modder and I can already see the great improvements in this mod.

Thanks.

Unfortunately, I cannot guarantee the continuous effort that is necessary to modding.

However, I can work on limited tasks + obviously all materials I have is at the team's disposal.

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[Riothamus]

I've found WRE is relatively easy, even in VH/VH.

So, here is a bunch of tweaks to make Romans life as hard as it is supposed to be.

• Battles - Recruitment Priority

German factions can recruit plenty of cheap light infantry units - without control, the AI makes full stacks of skirmishers that are systematically slaughtered by any modest Roman army.

I have introduced a recruitment offset in the EDU like this:

Siege weapons have offset 0
All other units start with offset 1
Cavalry units get a priority bonus of 2
Unit costing more than 300 get a priority bonus of 1
Unit costing more than 700 get a priority bonus of 1
Bonuses are cumulative: a cav unit costing 1000 gets 2 + 1 + 1

Restarted a WRE campaign and by turn #32 I've started seeing Vandal stacks populated with Gardingi inf, heavy spearment, Cnithe, etc - no easy life to Roman legions any more !

I have not tried yet, but these changes should have a limited impact on the Roman AI.

Note that in the EDU, I had already modified Roman recruitment costs like this:

Upkeep reduced by 25%

Recruitment = upkeep

Turns increased by 50% (eg comitatenses 4 turns, aux pal sr 6 turns, etc)

• Battles - Plumbatae

Plumbatae must be toned down - they can make a big difference. However, their number can't be lowered (they were obviously 5, as seen in the models). Range is already low (40m). So we are left with the attack factor: in the EDU, I have lowered it by some 20%, but it must probably be further reduced.

• Faction Standings

Alliances with Berbers/Suebi are too easy for the Romans - desr_strat modified: now best relationship to WRE is "poor".

• Settlement Mechanics

Increased penalties for "distance to capital", "religious unrest", "no governance".
I want to see some riotings ! An empire with 44 regions must be a pain in the neck to manage.

Some effects are already visible after 20-30 turns. More info later. Your feedback appreciated.

Great stuff


I cant as oy yet dive into any of this yet but continue to exress any ideas

[midnite]

Some good points, Morfans! I would like to see more factions added. The team will discuss this some more in the future.

[Morfans]

Some good points, Morfans! I would like to see more factions added. The team will discuss this some more in the future.

Thanks you, guys.

More factions would be really great - what would they be : Ripuarian/Salian Franks, maybe a split of the Goths, Burgundi ?

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