What I want to change in my favorite mod

**Gogolometro** · November 27, 2010, 06:33 PM

For me is very important how units look, the armors, variety of weapons, the walls type and things like that. First, for me this mod eat a lot of my free time.

I will start with Scotland. Their major issue is in SS 6.3 the lack of back shields I know from RR-RC. The shields and some details make units a drawback. Problem with their army is variety, the clone barbarian look and most important off all the helmets of nobles. There is a huge problem.

English are very well maded, look well, but I can say their archers are too much. Are not 4 or 5, add militia, AoR and mercenaries. Too much, and no crossbows.

France have a good noble army, but come very late to make me to love them in early. Nice barded horse there.

All hispanic armies miss two things, once is the almost no spears except militia before pikes. Outrageous. No good geografic place, you are toasted. Javelins spam near like England way with longbows.

Italian factions have too much part feudal things. First banks, colonies, great fleets, and they have DFK. That is a bad thing, especially in Venice point. They have infantry almost like HRE.

HRE have big issues in my point of view. First the colors. HRE is ugly. Who thing HRE mean gothic knights is wrong. Their barded horses are ugly like hell, the pattern in black and yellow is...dunno, ugly.

To apply same texture of feudal barded horse to teutonic cavalry I think is a very bad choice. Why not keep their look? Why HRE not look closer to teutons?

In my opinion, turks, byzantium, mongols and teutons are perfect looking units. Well balanced armies, nice and rich choices.

Russians look great before I see western units in their late roster.

Crusaders are funny, with green units, ugly like old milanese of genova, with funny shields of heavy spears and iron skirts for their spears. Plus too much units from syrian auxilia to their feudal units who are useless, why to recruit a knight who cost you 3 times more than a templar in terms of expenditure?

Danes win the contest with yellow and blue colors. Cant be worse than that.

Dunno if for some look wierd to talk about this, but for me to see bad colors, ugly looking and repetitive patters. Spearmans are the bad situation. Colors missing in game, when in feudal armies lot of colors was comon not the uniforms.

I am so wrong?

**Tears of Destiny** · November 27, 2010, 06:37 PM

Thos ugly colors are the taste of the real empires.

Take for example those green knights, that is sad but true the real colors they had for that order (Though perhaps slightly darker in the shade of green).

As for the troop imbalances, again historic. England never really used that many crossbows.

**Arowaner** · November 27, 2010, 08:43 PM

Originally Posted by Tears of Destiny

Thos ugly colors are the taste of the real empires.

Take for example those green knights, that is sad but true the real colors they had for that order (Though perhaps slightly darker in the shade of green).

That is actually what I said in the SS 6.3 suggestions for further fixes thread. Knights of St. Lazerus look like mint bonbons. A darker green would be more pleasing to the eye.

Other then that I actually find that all units look amazing overall. For comparison start a good old vanilla MTW2 game so the great advancements in terms of graphics become more obvious. Among the most noticable ones are the better looking horses and heraldics on the shilds.

I only think that more units should have banners and flags - and those that do have them already should get even more. I love them. A nice touch would also be if they each had a flag on their lances like in the pic from the charge in Kingdom of Heaven.

**Mega Tortas de Bodemloze** · November 27, 2010, 06:47 PM

All hispanic armies miss two things, once is the almost no spears except militia before pikes. Outrageous. No good geografic place, you are toasted. Javelins spam near like England way with longbows.

"In Spain...If you ain't got a javelin, and ain't throwing it, you ain't......"

For myself with all Iberian factions, Javelins are the main battle line. For the most part nothing is left alive that needs to be prodded with a spear tip.