realism

[Black John]

proabably been asked a million times but which submods should i enable for added realism?

[bɑne]

What version are you using? 6.4 comes with RR and BGR out of the box which are generally thought of as fitting that category.

[Black John]

which ai and what difficulty?

[Andytheplatypus]

There are alot of different sub mods that, depending on your taste, you should enjoy.

Have you played SS before?

[Ferdiad]

proabably been asked a million times but which submods should i enable for added realism?

BGR IV E is what you want.

[thefandango]

Well I just started a SS game and in 1180 I can recruit Saxon Fyrd. So realism-schmeealism.

[Ferdiad]

They're a "fun" unit.

[Théoric HämmerHörde]

They're a "fun" unit.

after 1150 or so they should be gone. and why do they get upgrades? once they get upgrades, they're a crappy SM clone. just leave them as cheap unarmoured peasants. and they ought to have shield wall capabilities (which is easy to enable in the EDU). that would give them some more "flavor" as a unit.

even though BGR adds realism, it makes the game 9999999x harder, so i never really enjoyed it. to each their own

[Ferdiad]

after 1150 or so they should be gone. and why do they get upgrades? once they get upgrades, they're a crappy SM clone. just leave them as cheap unarmoured peasants. and they ought to have shield wall capabilities (which is easy to enable in the EDU). that would give them some more "flavor" as a unit.

even though BGR adds realism, it makes the game 9999999x harder, so i never really enjoyed it. to each their own

Hey don't look at me, I didn't do anything related to SS factions.You should ask PB for the reasoning.

[Point Blank]

Hey don't look at me, I didn't do anything related to SS factions.You should ask PB for the reasoning.

Possibly unsound roster influences who shall remain nameless

[Black John]

Also im playing as the kingdom of scotland, any suggestions for how to gain an uppper hand against the english? learned the hard way that highlanders cant fight mailed knights very well in this mod!

[Andytheplatypus]

There are sub mods that have much better scottish units.

Take Ireland early. You wont have to worry about other factions attacking you there so its free money. Then go by boat sacking their lightly defended settlements, then let them take them back. It will weaken them while giving you money.

[The Source]

build up your economy and production,try and get a castle with a drill square in time to train more proffeshinal units, and wait for norway or france to attack the main island, and attack them so the english are not so strong. also dont wait to late, you wouldnt want to be facing englands high/late tier heavy infrantry

[Théoric HämmerHörde]

dont get me wrong, i love using fyrd cause the give the english a larger recruiting pool. i just thing they stick around too long

[Ferdiad]

dont get me wrong, i love using fyrd cause the give the english a larger recruiting pool. i just thing they stick around too long

They should probaly disappear at the Heavy Mail event.

[Théoric HämmerHörde]

They should probaly disappear at the Heavy Mail event.

good idea. or we could make an event where the english roster is converted from anglo norman units to just plain english

[Ferdiad]

Do you mean Anglo-Saxon or am I misinterpeting you.

[Théoric HämmerHörde]

i meant a combination of french speaking normans and anglo saxons. as opposed to a more homogenous "english" culture