Marian reforms - can I make them happen later on?

[Schabbes]

Hi all,

I must confess I find most of the post-Marian Roman units not nearly as stylish as the older ones. The Legions are effective, but, in a way, so boring, having the same equipment and such. Is there a way I can edit the game so as to delay the Marian reforms until, say, 100 BC?

And, while I'm at it, I'd like, in future XGM versions, to see a new Thracian unit, if that's possible: I'd love an armoured "elite" version of the falxmen, e.g. wearing the same mail the thorakitai are clad in.

Greetings
Schabbes

[DimeBagHo]

The trigger is construction of an Imperial Palace, by a Roman faction, in a region that has the "italy" hidden resource (in world/maps/base/descr_regions.txt). The easiest way to delay the reforms is to remove the italy resource for all but one region, and then reduce the farming level and starting population for that region.

[Zarax]

Easiest way is to take out the farming bonus from the gov buildings, makes the game quite slow in growth...

[Schabbes]

Thanks, both of you. Wouldn't the removal of the hidden resource "Italy", however, prevent me or whoever is in Italy from recruiting Italic AOR units?

[Edit: I just realised there is a special sticky for unit proposals, so sorry about the falxmen stuff]

Greetings
Schabbes