It would make the game so much better/ more immersive if once you established a kingdom you could select what the generic troops recruited from your lands have equipped. They would wield the swords you want and the bows you want and the shields you want. They would all dress in the uniform that you select for your kingdom or for the group they are in within your kingdom. I feel like every other kingdom has unique troops and weapons which makes their charge at you all the more realistic and fun. Whereas our army looks like a ragtag team of random recruits/ mercenaries instead of one cohesive force. For example I want my archers all to look the same and use the same type of Bow. It would look a lot more like a true empire.
For instance you could take over a fief and there could be two recruitment places: 1. the normal recruitment page where we already get our troops from notables where you could get troops from the local region you are in and 2. a "drill sergeant" page where your official empire troops are trained and available to recruit. Your official empire troops would be customizable at each tier (from recruit tier 1 to tier 6 troop) and the more you add to them (weapons, armor, skills, perks, etc...) the more expensive they are. I just think the game would really benefit from this immersionwise because it would feel so much more like YOUR army that you built and control and are able to test the strength of against other kingdoms' established forces and not a bunch of random soldiers that you threw together just to have enough men to fight. Right now it feels like my kingdom's forces are entirely just a bunch of random mercenaries of whoever I could find at the time/region I am in and not a true professional army like all the other kingdoms have. Please add this feature! I think the community would love it!
FYI to anyone that also want this, until they implement this idea I used a mod that increases the companion limit and then added 100 companions to my army. Dressed them all in the same armor and outfited them with the weapons I wanted. Got rid of all my other troops. Now whenever I fight I have my army that I designed backing me up and it looks so cool!
