My ideeas for SS 7.0

[Gogolometro]

I am one of the SS players who choose the factions looking for small kingdom, a hard campaign and most important for me, good looking units.

I think some units can be added to some factions. For byzantine empire I think is a must to have the posibility of recruting the armenian units via AoR or mercenary buildings. And maybe the skytion and stradiotae can have a dismounted unit too.

HRE, one of the most less visual buffed units faction can have changes. One is the ugly fabric on horses of bodyguards and feudal cavalry. Maybe something near what teutons have is more suited. And if teutons will became just a AI spawned crusade in Baltic area, maybe the order spearman and the beautifull breathen brothers can become the sargent spearmans and the light man-at-arms.

I think the sicilian normand units must be more scale armored and easy to acces. The dismounted version of normand knights can be recruited only in citadel. That's absolutly criminal.

I love the scandinavian factions. I like vikings and all the beserker melee units. But I am very sad to see more viking look units like druzina in russian factions than what the danes or norwigians have.

That's my personal opinion about SS after years of constant play. Do you think is legit?

[Judeman266]

Yea I pretty much agree with everything except that the Armenians are mercenaries so that other people can recruit them as well. HRE definitely needs a visual makeover.

[Gogolometro]

Like AoR armenians will not became exclusive units for byzantine empire.

[╬Ritterbruder╬]

I think the visual parts have nothing to do with having played the game, but how they actually looked.
The problem with HRE textures is that since there never was a 'real' HRE, their textures should have a massive variation, and unless presented with a decent (and historically credible) alternative (so textures from a crusader order that is 200 years from being found is perhaps not a good idea)
I personally am not a fan of peasants and militia's all having diffrent colours, but I can understand it's use.
But to put it in the words of the famous Eric Idle:
-"Must be a king"
-"Why?"
-"He hasn't got all over him"

[Gandalfus]

Why was there no real HRE? It was a coalition of quasi-independent duchies and kingdoms under the rule of an elected king -> emperor. It was definitely real.

[╬Ritterbruder╬]

Why was there no real HRE? It was a coalition of quasi-independent duchies and kingdoms under the rule of an elected king -> emperor. It was definitely real.

I think this is rather a matter of perception, and not the right place for the discussion about it, the point I'm aiming for is that duchies and principalities in northern Germany vastly differ from those near the Italian border, all overseen by an elected king but still more diverse than e.g. France or England. to represent this in 'realistic' textures would mean to make multiple several factions and blend them into one

[Gandalfus]

Ah I see what you mean, like diversity of units? And I also think there should be a proper elector system. Ie; going to Aachen to be crowned king of the Germans, then Pavia to be crowned king of Italy (Ancillaries?) then crowned emperor by the pope.

[╬Ritterbruder╬]

Ah I see what you mean, like diversity of units? And I also think there should be a proper elector system. Ie; going to Aachen to be crowned king of the Germans, then Pavia to be crowned king of Italy (Ancillaries?) then crowned emperor by the pope.

perhaps that a bit hard to achieve in game? why not just one ancillary crown which you can pass on?

[Gandalfus]

Not very hard if you put it in perspective. You only need to hold the respective cities and put your faction leader in them. And of course you can just give your heir the crowns once your FL becomes to old. And you could have it so any general could get the crowns (Iron Crown of Lombardy or German crown) and either keep it or transfer it to your FL.

[k/t]

First you'd have to put Aachen in the game.

There are a lot of ideas we could borrow from DHRR.

[Gogolometro]

You are right sir. Fair Prince done some good things in this direction.

[Gandalfus]

Lol Ofc.

[Gandalfus]

I don't see why Aachen shouldn't be in the game, since it was where Charlemagne's Palace Cathedral is and where the kings of Germany were crowned.

[Gogolometro]

Just 3 centuries distance.

[Lazy]

I don't see why Aachen shouldn't be in the game, since it was where Charlemagne's Palace Cathedral is and where the kings of Germany were crowned.

Exactly!
I am from Aachen and we HATE feckin Cologne... they are all stupid and live in a objectivly ugly city!
The problem is: Cologne is near and was much bigger in medieval times. It was ugly and all people were stupid but it was bigger and the had the only real bridge over the Rhein.
So: every modder who has never been there ( and has seen "it" ) and just looks at old maps will think that a huge bunch of peasants sitting on some big bridge is more important than the most beautifull city in the HRE in those times and even today!

Unless you want 2 cities next to each other there is no possibility... and this historical buildings mod who puts our cathedral into Cologne is just historically incorrect and a little insulting!

I hate Cologne so much... really! Even an empty place on the map would be better then Cologne...

[Gandalfus]

Aachen is better anyway, since it was Charlemagne's capital of sorts.

[DeliCiousTZM]

Enabling High way for every faction. If a certain criteria is meet.

[Gandalfus]

High way?

[Lord Blackfyre]

more advanced version of paved roads i imagine. spelled highway one word

[Gandalfus]

Oh. Of course