Long time player, first time complainer

[Spanks]

Ok Ill start off with saying I'm not complaining about SS 6.4 I would just like to discuss some aspects of it that continuously plague my game.

Ive played probably about 1000 hours of SS over the years so my observations came from my experience through a lot of long campaigns, so I'm not going to complain about X faction being too powerful because its all a matter perspective since every "nation" can end up on top and seem unstoppable.

Other then the small bugs that have already been talked about and are being fixed in in SS 7(eg Mongol hordes) or the bugs which cant be fixed there is just one thing that plagues every game I play.


The problem I have is unit selection of the AI's armies later in the game being full of Elite units. What I mean by this is they are full of Elite units like heavily armored cavalry, heavy infantry or heavily armored horse archers. Some example of this

Kwarzmian armies of 4-12 units of Kwarsmian Nobles
Fatimid armies with 4-8 Royal Mamlukes and/or 5-12 units of Tabardariyya
Mongol armies full of heavy max level and armor cavalry (Korchi and Turhagat(Dismounted just dont die))


So is this what is like for everyone else? Is there submods to address this? or is this intentional to increase the difficulty?

My main problem is it doesn't make sense for these "nations" to have so many Elite units, some of which are Royal guards stacked into one army, making my more balanced and realistic armies have a ridiculously hard time to survive one or more battles.

Thanks for SS.

[Larkin]

Download some unit packs if you want more variety.

Download one of the big submods (HURB, SSMAP etc) that will actively affect the AI and the way it works if you'd prefer a larger overhaul.

SS 7 will not happen for a long time, if it happens at all. Titanium should be happening sooooooooon. Which is like a super submod. So it's up to you. Wait for that, would be my recommendation.

[k/t]

The Mongols get a lot of good units in their initial armies to help them conquer regions.

Cavalry replenishment rates will be reduced in the next RR/RC version.

Late Professional replenishment rates will be reduced in the next RR/RC version. Also, I believe Tabardariyya will be made into Early Professional.

[Spanks]

Thanks for these suggestion, they sound like just what i want.

I gathered SS 7 is going to take a while, if at all but I can always hope. Its not like I am going to stop playing this game/mod since I always come back to it every year or so.