Hello,
Welcome to this thread. I want to thank you in advance for your interest. Let me begin by telling you the full story. About 4-5 months ago I started attempting to create a mod. I am not a programmer by trade or by interest really. I know a few things here but by no means am I competent at creating mods. As a result of my absolute lack of skills I had to stop development. I did master creating new troops in Morgph's Editor. One of the lasting features of this attempt is that I've never stopped conceptualizing and developing troop trees. In fact it's to the point now of being an armchair research project for me.
I've created several troop trees and am still creating more. Most of them are historical and based on one or several well documented militaries from the Classical to the High Medieval periods. I am also working on troop tree which also allow role-players to maximize game features to their fullest. I prefer to make troop trees a mix between comprehensive historical specificity and imaginative strategic amalgamation. In other words I don't want to make 6 slightly different troop trees for every single sub-faction in a period specific mod. I'd much rather make a wide variety of troop trees using strategic/cultural blocks as it's basis.
I'm to the stage where I'm actually transitioning many of the proposed the troop trees' concepts and research that I've done onto unit flow charts. I'm also creating a supplemental guide which will provide more information on the units and strategies as I continue to work on troop trees. Below I will provide a list of the troop trees that are completed,currently being worked on and ones that I'm planning to create. I will organize them in the order you vote me to work on and work on those. Message me on here if you're interested in any or all of them. Please note that there are trees and there are alternate trees. The alternate trees are troop trees that are similar to the main tree in terms history, tactics and units but focus on a different aspect of that strategy.
I would also like to thank Eärendil the Mariner for his support and guidance.
Welcome to this thread. I want to thank you in advance for your interest. Let me begin by telling you the full story. About 4-5 months ago I started attempting to create a mod. I am not a programmer by trade or by interest really. I know a few things here but by no means am I competent at creating mods. As a result of my absolute lack of skills I had to stop development. I did master creating new troops in Morgph's Editor. One of the lasting features of this attempt is that I've never stopped conceptualizing and developing troop trees. In fact it's to the point now of being an armchair research project for me.
I've created several troop trees and am still creating more. Most of them are historical and based on one or several well documented militaries from the Classical to the High Medieval periods. I am also working on troop tree which also allow role-players to maximize game features to their fullest. I prefer to make troop trees a mix between comprehensive historical specificity and imaginative strategic amalgamation. In other words I don't want to make 6 slightly different troop trees for every single sub-faction in a period specific mod. I'd much rather make a wide variety of troop trees using strategic/cultural blocks as it's basis.
I'm to the stage where I'm actually transitioning many of the proposed the troop trees' concepts and research that I've done onto unit flow charts. I'm also creating a supplemental guide which will provide more information on the units and strategies as I continue to work on troop trees. Below I will provide a list of the troop trees that are completed,currently being worked on and ones that I'm planning to create. I will organize them in the order you vote me to work on and work on those. Message me on here if you're interested in any or all of them. Please note that there are trees and there are alternate trees. The alternate trees are troop trees that are similar to the main tree in terms history, tactics and units but focus on a different aspect of that strategy.
- Gaulish/Celtic Tree- This tree is based off the native, pre-Romanized Britons/Celts/Guals all the way to the semi-Germanized kingdoms of Scotland, Ireland and Wales. Troop tree completed
- Persian Empire Tree- This tree will be based on the Achaemedian/Parthian/Sassanian Persians. Troop tree completed.
- Scandinavian Viking Tree- This one is pretty self-explanatory. Heavy Danish, Norwegian and Finnish influence. Research is in progress for this tree. I have some done in relation to the Saxons.
- Romanized Germanic Tree- The basis for this tree will be Romanized, England conquering, Germanic tribes such as the Franks, Normans and Saxons. This troop tree is complete!
- Macedonian/Greek Tree- This tree is based off of the Macedonian army of Alexander the Great as well as some of the better known Greek City States. It's not very pretty lookin' and it was a hellish grind but it's complete.
- Fuedal Japanese Troop Tree- This tree has katana weilding Samurais 'nuff said. I need to do more research on this style of war. I know a little from history classes in school but not enough to make a full tree at the moment.
- Arabic Central African Tree- This tree will be based on the more commerce oriented cultures of the Songhai/Mali/Ethiopian empires of western and central Africa during the middle ages. I know very little about this continent beyond north Africa so I need to do tons of research on this.
- Non-Romanized Germanic Tree- This is based off of eastern European, Italy conquering, Germanic tribes which were displaced by Hunnic or Scandinavian invasions such as the Goths, Lombards and the Vandals. It also includes Norse inspiration from the Kievian Rus and Varangians. Research in progress.
- Byzantine Theme Tree- The main inspiration for this tree is the military reforms of the Byzantine Empire brought on by the loss of Egypt and the Middle East which ended it's identity as the Eastern Roman Empire and created a separate political entity. Research in progress.
- Late Roman Army Tree- This will be based of the Roman Army after the Diocletian Reforms. There is also inspiration from the army of the Eastern Roman Empire prior to the loss of Egypt and the Near East. Mostly similar to the Roman Manipular system but will include more light infantry and heavy cavalry options. Research in progress.
- Roman Manipular Tree- This tree will include the system which made Rome a superpower in the Classical period. Lots of heavy infantry in this one. Research in progress.
- Ancient Egyptian/Mesopotamian Troop Tree- This troop tree will be based on the first great empires of the western world. the Egyptians, Babylonians and Assyrians. Basically anyone and everyone who took joy ride on a chariot around Jerusalem prior to the Persian conquest of Babylon. I've done some research for this tree while working on the Persian tree but decided to separate it because there is a distinct difference in strategy
- and time period so I need to do more investigation.
- Manhunter Tree- In progress
- Early-Mid Ottoman Tree- This tree is based on the army of Ottoman Turks from the gradual conquest of the Anatolian peninsula all the way to fall of Istanbul (Istanbul was Constantinople) and then some! There is also going to be some influence from Muslim Arabia and Egypt. Research is in progress.
- Hungarian Black Army Tree- The origin of this troop tree is based on the Italian Condottieri of the late middle ages and into the Renaissance. These mercenaries eventually made their way to Bohemia and eventually into the Hungarian army which, after several reforms, became Hungary's standing army and was the second professional standing army in Europe after the fall of Rome. The first being the French Compagnies d' Ordonannce. Research in progress.
- French Compagnies d' Orrdonannce Tree- This tree is based on the standing army created by the French Ancien Regime during the mid-high Middle Ages. This is the tree for people who enjoy heavily armored knights making valiant charges against those "English dogs" and non-believers of the true faith. Research is in progress on this tree.
- Gupta Dynasty India Troop Tree- This tree will focus on the Gupta Dynasty of India but will include other influences from the long and fabled history of Indian warfare. Some research has be done in relation to the Persians but I need to do more.
- Scythian/Hunnic/Mongolian Troop Tree- Do you enjoy riding your horse over great distances to scare the **** out of civilized Chinese and western empires with your bows and bad attitude? Then this tree is for you! Needs more research.
- Qin/Han Dynasty Chinese Troop Tree- I've kind of wanted to do a Chinese troop tree for awhile. I'm going to base this tree off of the first Imperial Dynasty of China. The Qin Dynasty was the first dynasty in Chinese history to unite all of the Chinese Kingdoms into a cohesive political structure. Of course you already knew that and so does everyone who took a 6th grade ancient history class. That's the extent of my research and knowledge on this troop tree.
- Native American Troop Tree- Do I really need to explain this one? This tree will include an amalgamation of different Native American tribes' fighting styles. It will be a mix of pre/post-colonisation units which means there will be some cavalry. Cavalry will be one of the few things which separate it from the Meso-American tree because Aztecs weren't really able to integrate horses into their native martial traditions before thier culture was destoyed. The Native Americans of North America on the other hand had a good century of integrating the horse into their warfare before nearly being destroyed by pioneers. I need to do research for this tree.
- Meso-American Troop Tree- Does watching a human sacrifice after a drunken brawl at a brutal sporting event sound fun to you? If you said yes then this tree is right up your alley! What!? This isn't a troop tree based on the 1950's in the southern United States? It's a troop tree based on the South Americans such as the Incas and Aztecs!? There's a difference I guess? Could have fooled me nowadays! Anyway I need to do more research on this tree.
- Caravan/Peasant Tree- Complete
I would also like to thank Eärendil the Mariner for his support and guidance.
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