Suggestion Thread. Your ideas here.

[HoJu]

Docm once contacted The Deluge team for their moving banners iirc, and they never answered or something.

 

[SolidXerm]

I would like to hereby propose the addition of the Hessen-Homburg Hussars for the Austrian Empire. The hussars who are right now called "Ungarische Husar" ingame are the Hannover Hussars, numbered Nr. 2 in the army. It took me a bit to recognize them since they lack the proper hussar-braids at the wrist, but I am pretty sure it IS them and not the Reuss-Köstritz, especially because Hannover Nr. 2 were issued red shakos. While I have nothing against the hussars in game now, seeing how british light infantry gets two options with the 95th and the 60th, I figure it would only be fair that Austrians get the same treatment too.

For reference;
The Hessen-Homburg Husarenregiment Nr. 4 actively participated in the War of the Fifth Coalition, notably at the Battle of Aspern and at the Battle of Wagram. During this period, they were in the ownership of Gustav Adolf Friedric, Landgraf von Hessen-Homburg - As it is implied, the regiment received it's name after him. Their uniform consists of green dolman with gold braids, blue shako with black-n-yellow fluff and red breeches, all bearing the iconic hussar-braiding. Officer's uniforms were braided with silver cords while trumpeters were issued red shakos instead of blue. The sheet under the saddle bore the initials of the Kaiser, red with black and gold embroidery.

I could get Docm reference imagery, however the only ones that are semi-proven to be contemporary are these.

Spoiler: A Ranker of Hessen-Homburg Nr. 4

Spoiler: The portrait of Baron Simonyi József, officer of the Hessen-Homburg, titled as "The Bravest Hussar" by Hungarians

 

[YoYoMAH]

You uh, like the fancy uniforms eh? 

How about adding the 88th foot, and sappers with their aprons and axes? It would also be cool to have items like bandages, cannon spikes, or cav stakes that could be used in battle.

One more thing: if anyone remembers the old western mod for original m&b, there was a feature where wounded troops would cough blood and eventually bleed out. Any chance of this feature appearing? It would look great in a battle to have a couple guys staggering about bleeding as powder fills the air...

 

[Gewehr98]

You uh, like the fancy uniforms eh? 

How about adding the 88th foot, and sappers with their aprons and axes? It would also be cool to have items like bandages, cannon spikes, or cav stakes that could be used in battle.

One more thing: if anyone remembers the old western mod for original m&b, there was a feature where wounded troops would cough blood and eventually bleed out. Any chance of this feature appearing? It would look great in a battle to have a couple guys staggering about bleeding as powder fills the air...

pbfffft 87th foot best foot

But seriously, I would like to see more uniform options eventually, with the option to pick your regiment, but that's far down the line of things that are needed IMO

(would be cool to recruit 87th foot and 88th foot from Irish towns, once they get to the fusilier/grenadier level have them be 87th fusilier or 88th grenadier, etc)

 

[LFCJames171]

Maybe remove the shift to zoom in and replace it with a walk and add in a spyglass like in NW. (If possible)

 

[SolidXerm]

You uh, like the fancy uniforms eh? 

Like every proper soldier, sir. But really, I'm just trying to get the most well-known hussar regiment added to the game. I kid you not, I was actually dumbfounded when I first saw the Ungarische Husaren ingame lacking the ordinary red breeches and green dolman.

 

[Patchouli Knowledge]

The hussar regiments were chosen primarily to be easily distinguishable from each other. Green and red was already taken by the French.

Thanks for the peasant images, by the way. Interesting stuff that may prove useful at some (distant) point. It does sort of confirm my suspicions about the modern stuff being off and overly custumey.

 

[[78th]Jack Barclay]

Is there a possibility of a Scotland flag being implemented into the game?

Mainly because I want to take over Scotland and make my own faction, hopefully then try and work with the United Kingdom as a separate land. 

 

[Hengwulf]

The hussar regiments were chosen primarily to be easily distinguishable from each other. Green and red was already taken by the French.

As a Russian soldier this works really well because the French Hussar uniform looks a lot like the Russian Olviopol hussars. Also the British and Dutch hussar uniforms look like Loubny/Grodno and Marioupol uniforms and the Prussian ones come close to the Alexandria regiment 

So for roleplaying that is really sweet coincidence 

 

[SolidXerm]

The hussar regiments were chosen primarily to be easily distinguishable from each other. Green and red was already taken by the French.

Thanks for the peasant images, by the way. Interesting stuff that may prove useful at some (distant) point. It does sort of confirm my suspicions about the modern stuff being off and overly custumey.

So that means we'll never see the Hessen-Homburg? My patriotism just died a bit. If that is really the case then they are best not called Ungarische Husar ingame - The Hannover Nr.2 were recruited from the central regions of Transylvania, ergo Szekler Husar would be the correct term. Red and green clothing is the traditional hungarian hussar color-scheme, at least it's the one that became popular and iconic in the minds of the hungarian people. You can ask any of us Peninsula-Dwellers what they think a hussar looks like and they will likely points you to the red tight-pants with green dolman.

As for the peasant stuff, I'm glad you like them! I presume what you may consider overly costume-like is the Matyó Garb, but I can 100% attest that they were always flamboyant. The Matyó people are usually regarded as a different ethnicity, they are largely cut-off from the rest of Hungary - they live between the Northern Lowlands and Transcarpathia, a scarcely populated region of the country compared to the Duna-Tisza Midsection.

Jesus Christ, am I becoming the hungarian Agovic?

 

[Inanch-Bilge]

Dolman, sounds Turkish, and appearently Turkish(checked now).

 

[SolidXerm]

Dolman, sounds Turkish, and appearently Turkish(checked now).

I use the term shown in the mod so we do not have hiccups during communication on the forums, although I don't know why Docm uses "Dolman" instead of the proper pronunciation and punctuation - Which is Dolmány. The coat which some units wear hanging over their arms is called Mente, so the historically correct name would be Hungarian Hussar's Dolmány & Mente.

 

[JaegerCoyote]

Dolman and Pelisse are the english terms for them, so I guess he used that for all hussars.

 

[Hengwulf]

Pelisse is an English word? 

 

[Bluehawk]

It's the loanword of choice, yes.

 

[Gewehr98]

Speaking of pelisses, the British Light Foot Officer coat should have a red pelisse attached, as it depicts the 43rd Regiment of Foot.

 

[SolidXerm]

Dolman and Pelisse are the english terms for them, so I guess he used that for all hussars.

I never heard any of those words but if it's the correct english term then I have no quarrels with it.

Spoiler

 

[Delora Filth]

Any plans to add the Windbüsche to the Austrian arsenal?

 

[Patchouli Knowledge]

Maybe at some point. The only ones in service in 1809 were the two dozen given to Brunswick officers, though.

 

[Delora Filth]

I thought the Austrians still used it for field "sniping" and such? Even seem to recall Napoleon issuing a decree that it was a vile assassins weapon, and that any enemy combatant caught with one was not to be regarded as a soldier and executed or something.