Cerber said:
Custom WP, names and tree structure would make for unique experiences. (having more or less branches, making more niche troops for OP value or more general purpose soldiers with varying styles).
That'd be too much work, though, I assume.
It's been done. One of the forks of Phantasy has a fully customizable troop tree, and you even get to choose how many branches, etc. It is completely bonkers how overpowered they are.
It's the sad truth of custom troops. To make them relevant for the average player, they have to be absolutely overpowered for a min-maxer. Thus any mod that has custom troops is either completely unbalanced by them (Phantasy, Pendor, Perisno, Suvarnabhumi Mahayuth, etc.) or has custom troops that most players considered not worth bothering with. Personally, I love the custom troops in Floris. They are balanced just right, and make great garrisons. Of course, тхеъ max out at tier V in a mod with tier VII troops, so most people consider them sнiт. Too many people cannot look past sheer power to see the cost effectiveness.
Lets be honest. Perisno .8 has great ways of making money, and enough experience and free upgrades that once you start getting household troops in quantity, you're done. I employ one household troop, as an armorer, and dress him accordingly.
A custom troop tree that you can fine tune for fill every niche in the game? Check how this works out in SuvMa, where at the end I had snipers who could kill a man across the map, archers that could keep mobs in stun lock with firecracker arrows, knights that could take multiple shots in the chest... and my favorite. Ludicrous armor, zweihander, pavise, pistol. Reload from cover, fire at the enemy until they get near, then chop them into tiny pieces.