30 Years War?

**zznɟ ǝɥʇ** · November 25, 2007, 07:46 PM

This isn't a 'omg this is awesome let's make a mod' post, I was just curious...

Would a 30 years war/reformation mod *technically* be possible with Med2? The religious strife seems reletively easy to show, but I was wondering about the battle aspect.

Would a mod covering this be better suited for Empire or Med2 in in your opinion?

**Nevada** · November 28, 2007, 12:16 PM

well, for the reformation you should look at rennaisance: tw

**Icefrisco** · November 28, 2007, 09:21 PM

I dont know how possible it would be. I know that Empire Total War will still have pikemen in it. Maybe my dream of a 30 years war mod will be achieved with ETW.

**zznɟ ǝɥʇ** · November 28, 2007, 10:23 PM

Originally Posted by Icefrisco

I dont know how possible it would be. I know that Empire Total War will still have pikemen in it. Maybe my dream of a 30 years war mod will be achieved with ETW.

We can only hope...but I fear that with religion being lessened, it won't be the same.

**Hounf of Culan** · November 28, 2007, 11:40 PM

I think a 30 years war mod would be very cool. There is definitely alot of info on the war so it wouldn't be too hard to find information. However, armies of that time used very different formations from the kind used in M2TW, I'm thinking of the tercio in particular, and in order to accurately portray the realities of the those formations there would have to be significant alterations to the formations and AI of armies; which is one of those things, to my knowledge, is very difficult or near impossible to effectively alter.

**Zapp** · November 29, 2007, 03:38 AM

Before M2TW came out, there were a mod called the lion and the eagle or something like that. It was a mod about the 30 years of war, planned to be made for M2TW, but unfortunatley, they never really started for real.

**rusina** · November 30, 2007, 07:09 AM

if u start doing this mod u should give sweden some hakkapeliitas

**molonthegreat** · November 30, 2007, 08:39 AM

Well as sapp is saying there was a mod going but unfortunately it wasnt made, but a 30-years war mod would be awesome.

**Samuel Adams** · November 30, 2007, 05:37 PM

I think it would be possible. Here are a few changes I think that we'd see if one came to realization:

Unit Tech Trees: Since there will not be an early-high-late system as is existing, the lower tier early units would be able to be dispensed with, creating slots for many, many more units. Faction specific units would be more readily doable.

Existing Units: Later units in the game would be usable, with some reskinning done and a little 3d work. Pikemen would need looked at, with some reskinning done. Factions would need reworked, but major cities would stay the same; if you cut the map down to 30 yrs specific areas, you could get minor faction in place with a new campaign map and hence more settlements, and more detailed areas so that it would be like a Kingdoms map compared to a grand campaign map.

I really like the idea tho. Hope someone takes it up, as it would be more detailed than other mods and a fairly new time frame as well.