Different troop types

[Lunchbox]

This idea has been mentioned occasionally in other threads, but I figured giving it a central thread for discussion could be handy.

Basically, I'd like to see much more varied types of troops. The troops could be split into 'regulars' and 'irregulars' types, with the regulars having all the same weapon (or type of weapon) and similar types of armour (or the same armour to give them a 'uniform' of some type), while the irregulars work like the current soldiers, armed randomly.

Also, a bit more variety in the specific types would be great. So instead of the Swadiens having "Crossbowmen" leading to "Sharpshooters", perhaps there could be an additional final level of "armoured crossbowmen", who aren't as good at range as Sharpshooters, but wear heavier armour and are decent hand-to-hand fighters. Or the infantry could have numerous final alternatives (or perhaps not even final, they could lead onto other things) such as "Bluntmen" (armed with blunt weaponry), "Spearmen" (self explanitory) or "Swordsmen" (Self explanitory). Or even the Horse-men could have an alternative to being a Knight, such as "Hussar" or "Horse archer" even.

Just something to mean that there's real -choices- involved in choosing a party. Oh, and it'd be great to try and work your way through all the different choices, trying to find which soldiers work best for you.

 

[Worbah]

Try the Troop Mod

 

[compfreak]

The troopmod is good, but it would be nice if it could be the default. As a matter of fact, why not? Armagan could just download it and make it the default troops.txt in the new version. I think it would be a quick and easy improvement to the game.

 

[Lunchbox]

I just feel it would add to the game, with minimal effort from the developers. And I'd rather not have to download mods.

 

[okiN]

[shameless plug]Me and Lost-Lamb have made a troop mod that greatly expands on the regular army units. It's in the Mod Discussion forums under the name of "okiN and Lost-Lamb's Troop Mod". It's still under development (Although I'm having trouble contacting Lost-Lamb, he seems to have disappeared. Probably on holiday or something), but it works fine and I daresay it's pretty neat. But I do agree that something similar should be added to the actual game, the whole thing actually started out as a suggestion.[/shameless plug]