I've created a submod to remove effects from buildings that give units buffs like +morale on recruitment, +charge bonus, +melee attack, that sort of thing. While these effects are fun, I think they undermine the purpose of DeI's AOR and mercenary system. Why recruit an AOR or merc unit, when you can recruit a superior, buffed unit from your core roster in the next province over?
I've kept other bonuses like +experience, -recruitment cost, and +replenishment. For some buildings (mostly religious buildings), I've added in a new effect to replace the removed buff, and for others (mostly main city building chains), I've simply removed the effect without adding a new one.
I'm pretty happy with my new bonuses right now, but it's possible that some are still too strong/weak. I want to avoid a situation in which a player can easily recruit units with gold chevrons, since the AI rarely builds these training buildings anyway. I have added a couple of +experience effects, but I've tried to keep them low. Of course, a clever player might be able to exploit these and min-max...
DeI 1.1 makes many changes that affect this mod, so it's a little different now. Training buildings are no longer an issue, so now this mod just removes buffs from other buildings that give them, in the same way it did before.
Downloads:
Mediafire Link
Steam Workshop Version
Update Notes:
1/2/15 - Updated Roman melee defence training building bonuses
1/2/15, several hours later - Nerfed most experience bonuses, changed bonuses for Greek and Roman training and religious buildings.
1/3/15 - Improved training building recruitment/upkeep bonuses.
1/4/15 - Fixed the temple of Artemis building chain.
1/7/15 - Changed several buildings, including Greek and Roman training buildings. Fixed Eastern buildings, and updated with changes from the DeI 1.02a hotfix. Remember to load this submod before the hotfix.
1/9/15 - Updated with changes from DeI version 1.03.
1/11/15 - Updated with changes from DeI version 1.03a.
2/8/15 - Rebalanced effects of the Monument of Leonidas.
7/8/15 - Updated with changes from DeI version 1.05c, cleaned up a little, and Mediafire link added.
7/25/15 - Updated with changes from patch 17 beta.
10/26/15 - Updated for DeI version 1.1.