bodyguards.

**Inhuman One** · August 04, 2008, 02:36 PM

When going through the unit files I noticed that while all catholic factions exept the teutonic order have feudal knights as a bodyguard unit, they are further divided seemingly.

I think its a division of north and south, but what is the difference supposed to be?

I removed the armor upgrade appearance for the one that Jerusalem was under since they had a vanilla english appearance for it and that disturbed me, so now more factions are like that, including some that I would want to see in partial plate when upgraded, like the english.

**eggthief** · August 04, 2008, 03:05 PM

doesnt aragon got a unique bg as well?

**Inhuman One** · August 04, 2008, 04:09 PM

why would they? I see no reason for that. I never play with them though since I strongly dislike their skins.

**Oddball_E8** · August 04, 2008, 05:00 PM

actually ive been arguing for more unique bodyguards in general (like huscarls for danes and norwegians early or varangian guard for the byzantines) but there arent enough free unit slots for that to happen...
unless you take away all the early/late versions and replace them with a few others, but that would kinda counter the thought i had...

**obbob** · August 04, 2008, 07:10 PM

Only TO and Mongols have unique bodyguards.

There isnt really much of a difference. All european bodyguards have high charge values, but much lower attack. Middle Eastern have higher attack values, but lower charge.

**Oddball_E8** · August 04, 2008, 08:10 PM

no the byzantines have unique bodyguards too... well, at least in the unit file it says byzantine bodyguard... might be used by someone else tho...

**Caesar Clivus** · August 04, 2008, 11:52 PM

Originally Posted by Oddball_E8

no the byzantines have unique bodyguards too... well, at least in the unit file it says byzantine bodyguard... might be used by someone else tho...

Nope it is unique to the Byzantines.

**DrunkNIrishMan** · August 04, 2008, 11:25 PM

The Aragonese bodyguards have a unique texture, at least the horses. See sig.

**Oddball_E8** · August 05, 2008, 03:09 AM

Originally Posted by DrunkNIrishMan

The Aragonese bodyguards have a unique texture, at least the horses. See sig.

they all have "unique" textures in the same way that the norwegian huscarls have "unique" textures from the danish ones...

**Inhuman One** · August 05, 2008, 03:01 AM

that still doesnt explain whats supposed to be the different between north european and south european bodyguards.

**Barser** · August 05, 2008, 05:53 AM

It would take up more unit slots if they should get a different bodyguards. BUT I think it would be a good idea to retextures them. Like the aragon one it looks unique because it has a different color pathern.

**Inhuman One** · August 05, 2008, 06:03 AM

Maybe some work could be put in giving different armor textures for factions, since the armor usually is not changed at all from vanilla and its pretty much just the clothing and leather parts.

Personly I would like to see Italian feudal knights have some gold decorations on their helmets and armor.

**Oddball_E8** · August 05, 2008, 07:26 AM

actually... ive now completed my own little mod that makes it so that norway and denmark have dismounted huscarls (denmark later gets knights), england has dismounted feudal knights, the rest of the european countries (the ones that used the NE bodyguard unit) get feudal knights to start with (later the late bodyguard unit), byzantium gets verengian guards, knights templar and jerusalem get knights templars and teutonic order gets ritterbruder.

but for this to happen i had to make alot of changes... so i wont be releasing this mod (at least not on its own, im talking to someone about including it in his mod)