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120 Berserkers

Hi,

I have altered the germanic unit sizes a little bit:

The Berserker unit now has 120 men instead of just 80 (on large unit size), on ultra its 160 men as of now. Also, the suebi units Spear-Brother and Spear-Levy now have 15 men more in their ranks (20 more in ultra). The Wodanaz-Spears stay the same in size but now they are counted as a super-heavy spear unit (although i am not quite sure what that actually is good for :) )

Since the Berserkers now have a significant number of men more in their ranks i have adapted the costs a little bit: The purchase of this unit now costs 1340 instead of 820. The upkeep I put on 190, before it was 150. It is now slighty more expensive than the Sword-Master at recruiting but its upkeep is still a little bit lower. I think this is fair because it is now equally good (or even better) at ripping holes in enemy lines but its weaker when it comes to holding their own line of battle. So the Sword-Master unit has a higher upkeep because you have to pay for the maintenence of its superior gear.
Yep that was it!

Reasons for this little mod: I personally found that the germanic units are a little bit weak in terms of morale-strength and variation. They (intentionally) lack a good juggernaut unit that can hold a battle line a decent amount of time. The additional 15 men won´t really change that but now they will hold just a little bit longer hopefully so that you can do some other maneuvers in the time with cavalry or whatever. This specially goes for the early game in which the low-tier celtic tribes for example have already higher weapon damage and armor values.
On the other hand the intended lack of heavy line infantry makes the Suebi sort of an ambushing faction (which is good) but in order to ambush a heavy roman legion for example you need a good wrecking ball. The 80 Berserkes didnt always do the job because they were just too few in my opinion.

Intended for Grand Campaign! Have Fun!