Firstly, I want to say that i like the mod. It has the best BAI out here and the battlefield effects are just perfect.
But it does have some issues:
1. The units has too much accuracy. This should not go beyond 35 even for elite troops. It should be between 18 - 35.
2. They also fire too fast. 2-3 round were the norm. Though Prussian could fire up to 4 round.
3. A lot of the units designations are wrong. For example the Brits line infantry were called British foot, not British line infantry. The Prussian had two type of line infantry: musketeers and fusilier (The latter being slightly better and more loyal to the king). Note that they were both equipped with flintlocks weapons. Coming back to the Brits units recruited in whales for example were called Welsh fusilier. The list goes on. Though, the model and textures are on the spot.
4. The unit roster for some factions feels like a let down.
5. Fatigue is totally gone which i think is . This element added another level of micro to the battle field
6. The morale system also is a bit shaky. Units , you would expect to rout after a devastating close volley, still stand there and fight. Artillery units takes too long too rout. A good rear charges by cavalry should break a units whether it is elite or not.
7. I will take the example of imperial splendor on this as it does that the best. It has excellent distinctions between the different factions. one being good at cav, the other has good infantry, the other has big units. Some system like this would have surely shaken up the game play.
8. Now the campaign length is . (1700 - 1899) as this is a mod that focuses primarily on the seven years war. 1700 - 1815 is more reasonable.
9. Technology tree is a bit of a let down too. Imperial splendor did this aspect better too with varied technology tree with different factions. Nothing radical but just enough to make feel factions different in their approach.
10. Campaign movement speed should be increased by at least 30%. It should not take more than 3 turns to move an army across a given provinces(smaller provinces should be even faster)
11. The CAI is acceptable at best. During some campaign, it does something interesting but most of the time it does not do anything concrete. Take the Brits for example, 30 years in a campaign and they haven't decide to invade Indian nor were at war with France. All they did was take out the Cherokee nation that's all. VDM add some interesting layer to it but some issues still handicap the campaign from becoming the best out there.
12. There are unreasonable unit caps imposed on grenadiers, indiamen, ......
There and here are some more things but the above are the big ones.
Pros:
1. The low income economy system is nice. Forces players to make smart choices
2. Together with VDM, the level of management and diplomacy is just the best.
and many more that i do not have time to innumerate.
My modding skill are minimal at best. I'm right now trying to add fatigue and more dynamic morale system in the mod. But most of the other things, i do not have a clue what to do.
Can anyone out there with modding skills make submods to tackle those issues or at least help me in fixing them?