Features:
This allows the unique Berserker unit for Norway to go berserk in battle like their namesake from Rome: Total War. For those unfamiliar, when berserk, the unit will gain a flashing red banner, becomes nearly impossible to route, can kill multiple soldiers in a single attack, and will no longer be under the player's control similar to elephants running amok - however, unlike elephants they will always attack the nearest non-routing enemies and will not cause friendly casualties.
Players (or rarely the AI) can manually engage the berserk mode in battle by clicking on the Warcry ability button, mind that this will only work if your Berserkers have enough morale to do so!
This submod also adds the missing partial plate upgrade for the Mounted Cuirasser unit for England and France.
Known Issues:
Due to engine limitations, Berserkers will no longer be considered an infantry unit and will not be able to operate siege equipment or fight on walls (they are well-disguised elephants).
As a side effect, they can remove sharpened stakes by walking into them.
They also make the same walking/running sound as horse cavalries, while this can be fixed easily with sound reference editing, it will however make the download size at least 100 MB larger so is omitted unless requested. (Coconuts have apparently migrated to Norway and are carried by big, burly men in bear skins)
Some faction pre-battle speeches will acknowledge them as elephants.
Download here: http://www.twcenter.net/forums/downl...o=file&id=4363
Screenshot below:
Remember, while quite powerful, they are not invincible by any means - there are actually some novel ways to knock them out of their berserk mode if encountered as enemies.
Submod: Berserkers Revival
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