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Faith, Steel and Gunpowder - An Empire Overhaul

In Progress rework of the Empire's Units to somewhat resemble the late renaissance style force they deserve to be.


Faith:
TBD

Steel:

Units now have 3 categories:
State troops: Spearmen, Crossbowmen, Handgunners, Swordsmen, Halberdiers, Pikemen, Greatswords
Irregulars: Woodsmen, Archers, Huntsmen, Swashbucklers
Knights: Pistoliers, Empire Knights, Footknights, Reiksguard, etc

Small re-balances across the board, changed a few models to have a bit more variety.

Unshielded Spearmen have been reworked into woodsmen, a low armour faster spear user, adept at moving through the forest.

Spearmen with shields have been weakened but bumped up to 140 models for a defensive meat shield, they won't kill much but they'll hold the line.

State troop missile units have basic melee training, they won't win any fights against proper infantry, but they can hold on until support arrives.

Empire General and Captain have had their weaponry changed. The General now bears a pistol instead of a shield.
The Captain wields a Greatsword and is somewhat more useful as a fighter.

New Units:
Pikemen are a purely defensive unit, highly effective against large units, and even against infantry they can hold the line better than anything else the Empire has to offer.
Footknights are a dismounted version of Reiksguard, heavily armoured and more effective than swordsmen, they inspire surrounding infantry units to fight for the Empire.
Rangers: An irregular light cavalry scout. Cheap, fast cavalry for the early game.

Gunpowder:
Reworked FCM into an early rifle militia, lower ap, lower range and higher reload time than handgunners, while having less leadership and inferior melee stats.

Pistoliers into more of a hybrid skirmisher, given that they're young nobles, they have better armour and melee stats, but they're still light cavalry, and won't win a fight against infantry.


New Units:
Swashbucklers: An elite version of the Vanilla Free Company Militia, a hybrid unit excelling at flanking and supporting other units.
Ironsides: Heavily armoured Handgunners with repeater rifles, an elite, albeit expensive option.
Sharpshooters: Smaller unit wielding Longrifles, essentially gunpowder huntsmen.


Roadmap:
https://steamproxy.net/workshop/filedetails/discussion/2860907050/5427423328662361989/


My Mods!
Faith, Steel and Gunpowder https://steamproxy.net/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2860907050
Full Plate Mail Greatswords https://steamproxy.net/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2860818148
Pistol Rebalance https://steamproxy.net/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2860660643
Revenge of the Halberds https://steamproxy.net/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2862090287
Fatigue Rework https://steamproxy.net/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2862095993
Tireless Dawi https://steamproxy.net/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2868726061
Steel Never Tires https://steamproxy.net/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2868743103