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AMX - One Dozen Units

NOTE: new update broke this mod. I am too busy beta testing other very good mods to bother with this now. Please check out Vae Victis it is fantastic.
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FEATURING HARDCORE GAMEPLAY

This mod aims to improve gameplay by:

1. restricting units per army to -12-
2. producing campaigns requiring more forethought

**NOTE** this mod only works via a downloaded save game file. Choose a faction from the download links at bottom. You must subscribe as well.

Gameplay is said to be improved by limiting the maximum number of units per army to 12. Players are said to be more able to micro-manage each unit in battle which facilitates more interceptions and counter attacks.These battles are more strategic due to a moreso fully utilized army composition. Large army merge battles are now reasonable challenges in contrast to 40 units under ones command; which is daunting to say the least. Lastly, capturing settlements becomes much more difficult and tactical due to smaller attacking armies.

Two turns per year
Technology research duration: plus 25%
Military recruitment and construction costs doubled
Military upkeep costs: plus 80%
Armies per fame level: 1 less
Army and navy zone of control decreased slightly
Agents and generals rank gain slowed 75%
Agent recruitment cost: plus 20%
Agents per fame level: 1 less each type
Agent campaign movement range: minus 20%
Agents no longer disable army reinforcement
Agent poison army damage nerfed significantly
Forced march: -50% movement range -10 melee damage -10 morale

Explanation:

Key point: many players consider 40 stack battles to be unmanageable.

In experimentation it has been discovered battles that contain 12 units vs 12 units are, in opinion, superior to larger ones. One is more able to micro manage each unit allowing for maximum control over events. Second, full stack battles in which 2 armies re-enforce each other merge to create an ideal large battle configuration ie: 24 unit armies. In experiments the player is likely to actually command these battles and not auto-resolve. This is superior for two reasons: 1. players are likely to fight more battles 2. many players choose to field weaker armies that are less costly but that they can win with given the chance to excel in battle; now, one can aim for heroic victories without fearing the chaos of 40 units under ones command. Campaign movement range reduction also contributes to more field battles since you are more likely to have your army caught in battle en-route to your targeted settlement. Forced march melee penalty is designed to discourage the classic "tale gating" in to battle scenarios as well as to produce a deeper war campaign with less settlement to settlement steam-rolling - be more creative with forced march.

In reference to the campaign aims of this modification, with the described alterations to campaign function the gamer is said to require more planning in his action decisions. This is achieved due to the consequences of poor choices being larger in scope due to the fact that your armies are more expensive and your build and research aims take longer to achieve. With the two turns per year aspect your generals, agents and characters will age 50 percent slower which allows for more intimacy with all these. The slower general and agent ranking should, too, produce more intimacy due to each skill or trait being moreso a precious gift to you and your campaign.

Additional commentary (campaign):

This mod makes determining your build priorities more intimate for certain. You'll find you're often considering austerity spending in order to save for more attractive larger builds, and that if you don't do this, you will not be able to expand. Settlement razing does slightly less damage and buildings auto-repair slightly faster to compensate for higher costs.Troops sustain 20% less attrition to compensate for smaller and more expensive armies and some technology bonuses have been nerfed to compensate for certain changes. In summation, campaigns will bombard the player with fewer events and fewer options but each response to these require much more deliberation.

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*This mod is compatible with battle mods
*This mod is compatible with texture mods such Kaziels Romans, graphics mods such as GEM, camera mods etc...