adding officers to a unit

**Rammstein** · May 21, 2007, 07:01 PM

should I add officers to a unit?
I just found out about it and wanted to know if some else than me likes the idea, here an example:

**Nemotrox** · May 21, 2007, 09:04 PM

Ya! And for game purposes it looks like it will add a 'bodyguard' type of unit in the formation infront of the badly unprotected general (especially for non-cavalry captains). Good find

**Valor** · May 22, 2007, 02:50 AM

Excellent idea

**Recon** · May 22, 2007, 07:00 AM

Wow nice going.

**Rammstein** · May 22, 2007, 07:57 AM

I would suggest for all christian factions the officer should be for early troops the seargent swordsmen, for feudal unitl feudal knight and for late units a very late knight unit.

This would be the easiest solution cause every faction has already those unit skins.

Any opinions maybe? If you have any good ideas let me know.

[edit]

I added 1 officer to every melee and spearthrow infantery (some few exemption like peasants)
and to melee and spearthrow cavalry

I use the following models:

officer Byzantine_Lancers_ug3
officer Byzantine_Lancers_ug2
officer dismounted_byzantine_lancers_ug3
officer dismounted_byzantine_lancers_ug2
officer dismounted_byzantine_lancers_ug1
officer dismounted_byzantine_lancers
officer dismounted_feudal_knights_ug1
officer dismounted_feudal_knights
officer merchant_cavalry_militia_ug2 (looks like feudal_knights but with no spear)
officer merchant_cavalry_militia_ug1 (looks like feudal_knights but with no spear)
officer merchant_cavalry_militia (looks like feudal_knights but with no spear)
officer Druzhina_ug1
officer Druzhina
officer Hashishim

**Nemotrox** · May 22, 2007, 09:36 PM

Cool cool, this may really help make a buffer for the A.I. liking to kill its generals so fast.

**Cymera** · May 23, 2007, 09:14 AM

This was done in XGM to great appeal and success. Actually, late legions had 3 officers in XGM. This is a great idea Ramm!

**Rammstein** · May 23, 2007, 04:49 PM

Originally Posted by Cymera

This was done in XGM to great appeal and success. Actually, late legions had 3 officers in XGM. This is a great idea Ramm!

Yes the maximum is 3, but I will have to start with 1 because there are no officers models yet.
One with a banner or some kind of symbol could be an idea, as the one used in many Rome TW mods

**Recon** · May 23, 2007, 10:43 AM

Maybe use the early general skin with another kind of helmet..

**Serious Spamurai** · May 23, 2007, 10:55 AM

Bandwidth Leecher!

What I like about the officers is that it stops captains getting killed in a cavalry charge, also adds coolness factor.

**Cymera** · May 23, 2007, 09:29 PM

As I recall, one officer held a Legionary Eagle, another held the Roman Standard, and in the front was a Centurion.

Might be cool to have an officer and behind him a standard bearer.

Great work!

**gaius valerius** · June 03, 2007, 07:12 AM

centurion, optio and signifer

adding officers sounds awesome

**Kalos** · June 08, 2007, 07:38 PM

Yeah definitely. I loved the officers in RTW because they were so cool looking and were kind of the "Elite" of the unit. I was actually looking for a way to add them but I'm not that great at modding M2TW, so I'm really excited you're going to add them in.