Create your own kindom Units

[Jagati Khan]

I remember the custom knight orders in the Prophesy of Pendor mod. While not the same as a troop tree, it was fun working to create my own units and training their skills until they became OP as hell. I am all for this idea, but there would certainly need to be some balancing aspects to them such as making sure lower tiers cannot use too powerful of weapons/armor, etc. It could be a great money sink too, because in late game you have far more money that you ever need.

Balancing shouldn't be too hard 2bh each tier gets a selection of arms and armor to choose from and a set amount of skillpoints etc.
Could also have a choose what you want and be balanced by cost/wages.
I like the idea of making a small but elite group of royal guards or something along those lines.

 

[AntichX]

I dont see that as a problem right now the amount of times i defeat a lord release him and he comes back within a day or so with an army just as big as the one you defeated.
The problem becomes one of troop quality as they just spam armies of recruits and dont take the time to train troops lick their wounds etc before coming at you again,

Well yes but that is because of the way respawn works. AI lords spawn with quite a lot of units, however, filling their army (with recruits mind you) after takes ages sometimes if a lot of lords are doing the same thing at the same time(and they usually do because after loosing an army most of the lords respawn at the same time)
However, when you make another clan party you see the problem i am talking about. It can take ages for your companion to gather an army and that one is only recruits. Now imagine all fiefs had a "owner clan" only recruit pool with a decent balance of units(more prosperous better/more units?!). Would reduce the need for the AI to cheat(spawning with units) and could help towards having having a reason to spread fiefs around as opposed to getiing all for yourself(same with the AI, could be balanced towards every clan getting something)

 

[mr_nifty]

I love this idea, it is one of the biggest things that I hope they add to the game. The ability to custom create an army of my own "culture" would be absolutely amazing and I think it would actually fit decently well with the lore of the game given that so many people use so many different methods of fighting. Setting up an army tree that "copies" several different other cultures to make a tree that fits your own playstyle more closely would be amazing. I think the easiest way to implement something like this would be to have you "choose your culture" when you create a kingdom and then have any villages that you conquer slowly convert to that culture over time, which will allow you to recruit troops of your own making from the villages and towns as your kingdom starts to expand. This would also fit in with the idea that instead of just helter-skelter throwing together an army you are rather taking the time to train and prepare an army that you feel will allow your kingdom to prosper, something that nobles and kings often did in real life when they found some sort of armor or weapons that they particularly enjoyed.

+1

 

[This_Banana]

What they could do is add another recruiting to all villages/towns accesible only by the owner of that fief and based on his culture. That way all fief owners(AI included) would be able to replenish their armies at their fiefs faster and with the right units for them. At that point you can, when having your own fiefs recruit the units you created without anyone else being affected.
Would also solve AI lords running around like muppets and not finding any units to replenish.

Yes that could work or the lords gets the new recruits from the villages. But ur idea is better imo.