[SUBMOD] Barbarian Navy Overhaul

[Olmsted]

This is a work-in-progress submod to make barbarian navies a bit more competitive vis-a-vis their civilized counterparts, without giving all navies great ramming ships.

To that end, all barbarian assault ships will now use the heavy raider model, since that holds 120 troops and does not die to a love tap from a lembos. This gives them a better chance against the large crews on the civilized ships (assuming that they manage to board and do not get rammed to death first). Additionally, barbarian marines will come in three flavors: First Class swords, Second Class spears, and Third Class axes. This gives them the ability to outnumber or potentially out-quality a civilized fleet. Civilized marines are, however, still very powerful (were not touched at all), so do not underestimate them.

Nomadic tribes will get better missile ships (more ammo) as well as access to the larger ship models for their assault ships.

https://www.mediafire.com/file/8z6wp...Navy.pack/file

Also available on Steam here: https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfil...?id=2799742687

As always, thank you to the rest of the team for their great work, particularly CEMMEN, Summary, Demosthenes, and Dresden.

There are some glitches with the Dacians and Thracian falx marines right now. We'll get that fixed after we get some more feedback from another team member.

Constructive feedback is always welcome.

[MollyScully]

Very nice!! Thanks for this mod, are Illyrians also modified by this?

[Olmsted]

No, the Illyrian navy is in a good spot already.

[Ski_Mississippi_]

What changes did you incorporate for the Rhodian Navy?

[Olmsted]

The Rhodians have a much larger focus on tetreres than other ship types. This matches their historical preference for faster, more maneuverable ramming ships, rather than going for the biggest, most prestigious ships. To that end, their tetreres use Third Class population, while their larger ships use Second Class population. We also replaced their Slinger Quinquereme with a Light Hoplite (slinger) tetreres. Thus, when Rhodians do land, they retain their excellent sword marines and Rhodian slinger missile units, but they can also count on a Light Hoplite (Slinger) unit for fast anti-cavalry work.

[Ski_Mississippi_]

Thanks for the quick reply. and great mod hoss. I'm starting a GC as Rhodes and will report back if I have any noteworthy feedback.