On the case of Pikemen

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Hi Guys (and gal´s) of TWC. First of all, I would like to thank you all. I´ve been reading AAR´s, getting help and downloading mo´d´s from here in a long time, but never really got around to register myself in here. But I have now

It always bugged me how Pikemen in M2TW just plain sucked. Then SS came. Then they became overpowered (lost 1400 men to 2 flemish pike-units) SO! I´ve been fiddling around with the stats and I think I may have found a good balance of Overpowered-Weak

I´d like you to try it out, and I hope that it may just be usefull. I have tried to take into consideration their historical weaknesses. They are weaker against infantry (although they all beat spear militia) and strong against Cavalry, as long as their lines aren´t broken. If the enemy manages to backside your pikes with cav, or if he has a lot of swordsmen, then you´ll have a problem on your hands. Swordsmen were often used against pikeformations, and I believe this should reflect that. So, to sum up they should be able to stop cav-charges, steamroll most infantry whilst at the same time not be overpowered (in my own game, the first line usually switches to swords as the enemy cav/infantry charges, but the men behind them covers them beautifully with their spears).

And as for pikemen versus pikemen :

Í only edited the EDU, and therefore it should be fully save-game compatible for SS 6.4 (only submod I have is "no borders").

Give it a go and report back if you like it