"Metalworkers" culture only way to boost levies?

[Bjørn]

I have been playing for a while, and I've found that the cultural tradition of Metalworkers gives your Levies 0.5 extra toughness (health).

are there any other things, ANYWHERE, that increase the power of the levies like that?

I was wondering if I should try and do a maximized levies run :D

[Mati_Lublin]

Hill Dwellers, Mountain Homes, Pastorialists, Seafarers boost levy size per certain building level and plains/mountains/hills are quite common terrain types. Malleable subjects, State Ransoming, Strengh in Numbers - again, leavy size boost. Some traditions, like Staunch Traditionalists and Stalwart Defenders give defencder advantage boost. Tabletop Warriors - movement speed bonus.

I'm not counting traditions restricted to certain cultures or boosting really small areas.

[Uhrenkerl]

Pretty sure OP meant boosts regarding toughness and strength

And no there is nothing that directly buffs levies, just the army in general which in turn also affects levies

There is the "Armed like the Romans" buff which increases your army damage by 15% for 50 years(?). I am to lazy right now to check the event but if you want to look more into it its pretty good!

[Justeer]

Hmm... That is an interesting idea for a run. There might be more traditions or events, but no buildings or lifestyle traits that directly buff levies, they just give more of them (levy size) and/or make them replenish faster (levy reinforcement), but not actually stronger.

[Bjørn]

Originally posted by Uhrenkerl:

Pretty sure OP meant boosts regarding toughness and strength

And no there is nothing that directly buffs levies, just the army in general which in turn also affects levies

There is the "Armed like the Romans" buff which increases your army damage by 15% for 50 years(?). I am to lazy right now to check the event but if you want to look more into it its pretty good!

I will look into that one, it is sad there isn't more like that.

I've found a pretty awesome Greco-Norse hybrid build that allows massive heavy infantry men at arms regiments of 2200 men, the "eastern roman legacy" gives +2 to size of heavy infantry and heavy cavalry, combined with the family legacy for piracy that gives +2 to size of heavy infantry, with a warlike court at level 10 for +1 size to all :D

you can also make a knight boosting build with some clever artifact theft and adventures, I have had 465% knight effectiveness and 38 knights.

this game allows you be crazy powerful in different ways if you succeed in finding the optimal pedestal artifacts especially.

[ArchiV]

focus one MAA type, build only building boosting this type of MAA, thats it

[Bjørn]

Originally posted by ArchiV:

focus one MAA type, build only building boosting this type of MAA, thats it

of course, the type that you prefer using.

[Uhrenkerl]

heavy cav, inf, elephants or to some extend archer cav boosting > boosting the rest

bowmen also are fun to use, but i prefer high strength over pursuit, since you stackwipe the enemy army anyway if you defeat them in the early battle phase regardless of the pursuit

Knights also are fun, but i think MaA boosting > knight effectiveness boosting; atleast in the late game, early on knight effectiveness is better than MaA boosting imo