For God and St. George: A new English Roster

[Awellesley]

This is a unit roster reworking for the English.



Q&A

Q:Why?
A: The English roster (amongst others) was in bad need of an overhaul. In vanilla, it included 4 bill units, 3 longbowmen and no norman units at all. To me, this made an unhistoric representation of medieval England. Not to mention their city units were sadly lacking.

Q: Will this be included in any submods?
A: I cannot speak for anyone else, but it will be included in the next release of the 1100AD mod, scheduled for release in the next two months or so.

Q: I am confused about the files, how do I install?
A: This is an open mod and therefore not as easy to install. Directions will be included but one will need basic knowledge of the battlemodels database and EDU to make this work. However, keep in mind that the unit list is currently maxed out at 500 units, so one will have to make some deletions to accomidate these new units. For example, in my mod, I have removed English huscarls, two bill units, one longbowmen, etc. Plus, with an open mod, the player can pick and choose which units they want to use and make it compatible with any mod they choose.

Q:What are the new units?
A: See readme for more details. There may be one more unit yet to come, but that is not for certain.

Q:I see some Breton and Flemish units. Wouldn't it be unhistoric to see these recruited everywhere the English are?
A:They will only be available in northern France through specific buildings (not included in this release), similar to Welsh longbowmen and Spearmen in Wales.

Q: Some of these units could be generic, are they available to other factions?
A: Yes, the city units will be available to other NE factions and some of the Norman units will be available to Sicily and the Crusader States, but this is a particular English only roster mod.

Q: Doesn't this make England to powerful? Especially in the early stages?
A: In certain areas, yes. However, consider that the combination of Norman archery, infantry and cavalry was dominating multiple fronts in Europe at this time. The Norman units do not upgrade and are the equivalent to second level barracks units. Their real advantage is their mail armour, cavalry charge and morale. By the third tier barracks (Feudal knights), they are overpowered. The militia units have comparable stats to their peers. Their neighbours will still have to use their traditional advantages: France has more territory and especially castles to draw from and Scotland's pikes can neutralize the Norman cavalry.

Download here:

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Thanks to:

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Lord_Calidor for the polearm model.
Lord_Condormanius for the mailed and dismounted mailed knights models.
Disgruntled Goat and the 1066 team for the fyrd_spearmen model
CaesarClivus for his patient instruction.

AW

[ginger_hammer]

Am always liking unit roster re-works, your suggestions look good and will be happy to see the back of all those vanilla billmen!

[Souka]

Very nice, in what year can we expect to see those milita being recruited?

+rep

[Awellesley]

In my mod, Urban militia will be available in the second city barracks right away. Militia serjeants are third tier city barracks, available in the high era. However, since this is an open mod, the player will be able to add them whenever they choose.

[Asparagus]

Nice +rep.

[AnthoniusII]

Can we see some in game pics before we install it?

[Awellesley]

Can we see some in game pics before we install it?

For you my friend, anything. Look back here tomorrow.

[Gnostiko]

Ooooh, sounds good. Please talk to Point Blank about the feasibility of including it in RR/RC

[Lemming69]

cant wait for this one. i just cant help but wonder why the normans are depicted as mail-clad warriors with conical helmets and shaven heads, yet in the game theyre units are rather peasant like.
And duke william also was a fan of the crossbow so perhaps england should have peasant crossbowman, but nothing hier. Although i think later on the plantaganets were a fan of the crossbow as well

edit: just looked at the pdf- crossbowman yay have a repppoint

[Caesar Clivus]

Sounds good mate

[Emperor of The Great Unknown]

great mod tho there are many other factions in need of an overhaul espsialy the middle east vinilla made a second class effort on them.

[merocaine]

Will the Norman troops/Bodyguards have French accents? for the sake of realism! It always annoyed me when they had posh English accents stright out of public schools

[redxavier]

Looks interesting. I've always been puzzled how England doesn't have any Norman troops.

(Also, just to check, but have you got permission to use DisgruntledGoat's Fyrd Spearmen, if that is indeed what you will be using?)

[Awellesley]

(Also, just to check, but have you got permission to use DisgruntledGoat's Fyrd Spearmen, if that is indeed what you will be using?)

Yes I do, but thanks for keeping me honest.

[Emperor of The Great Unknown]

screens?

[Awellesley]

Screen shots/unit info cards.

[Awellesley]

updated on first post

[Lemming69]

is it compatable with other sub mods which alter skins- for example basileia ton romanon
and also is this mod still in the development stages or is it ready

[Awellesley]

is it compatable with other sub mods which alter skins- for example basileia ton romanon
and also is this mod still in the development stages or is it ready

Yes it is compatible. Like I explained, the player will have to install manually and edit Battlemodels, EDU and EDB manually, directions in the readme file on first post and also in package.

It is ready to go.

[Lemming69]

thanks im lookin forward to it