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Hold the Line BI 2.0.5

Run your game with realistic models. If you don't your game may crash!

This is a version for Barbarian Invasion. For Vanila Rome total war please check "Hold the line Vanila" mod.

This mode changes unit-stats to be, like they were in the Romma Surrectum 3 mod, more control in battle, more realistic formations and unit stats, more room for tactics. Soldiers fight shoulder to shoulder. Soldiers do not walk alone into the enemy lines anymore. No more routs in 5 seconds.

!!! This changes apply only if you play with Remastered Units settings! If you keep Classic you will have classic stats as well and the game will very likely crash!!!

SO!
I find it frustrating how shield-wall formation does not work in RTW and MTW2.
If you put a unit into a shield-wall formation they brake it as soon as the first enemy touches them. Frustrated how widely spread the soldiers in the unit are. One single unit stretches through entire street.... Not with this mod!

This is my solution:

-I make the standard formation as tight as a shield-wall is and narrowed the spacing between the soldiers during the fight so the do not brake the formation when on "guard mode". When you deselect the "guard mode" the unit will as one slowly push the enemy and chop them. Tighter unit formations behave better in the streets.

-If you want the Vanila standard spacing of the unit just click on "loose formation" and unit will stand as in Vanila (useful when you move another unit through them)

-BI: getting rid of Shield wall made some space for juicy testudo for Romans (I know its not historical during the BI but I like it! If you don't, just don't click it, after playing RTW for 16 years I know that AI does not use it anyway so no harm done)

- you can absolutely rule the battlefield with stamina management: When the unit is on "guard mode" the do not get tired as fast as when "not on guard" You can let the enemy get tired on your line, than release the "guard mode" chop some of them. When your soldiers are winded put them on guard mode to hold the line again and let the reserves take the initiative. You can cycle your first and second line until the enemy is defeated. Very useful if using heavy infantry and there is no way to outflank the enemy, for example city-streets.

Unit changes:
-Overall units have more defense, armor and elite ones more attack, Cavalry has massive charge bonus so do that cycle-charging! In prolonged battle thy get slaughtered as it should be! Archers have more range and DMG to counter higher armor stats. But do not shoot units front on. Waste of ammo! flank them. Shoot them from behind

-Western Romans can recruit mos of the eastern units as well
-Auxilia Palatina is now elite Comitatenses Unit (I wanted them to have pilas as well, original model does not have
it and I have no idea how to mod it, that's why they have to sacrifice spears. Think of them now as of a Praetorians
;)
- Eastern and western roman generals now have armored horses
-western roman general changed from helmetless German kinky Cavalry to Palatina cavalry with armored
horses, much much nicer!
-as mentioned roman units can do testudo, limitani and lanciarii can do a schiltron as many other spear-based units.

I would like to thank the Roma Surrectum Team for the best mode ever. I can't play vanila anymore. Surrectum spoiled me and this mod is the Tribute to them until they make another masterpiece.


!!! This changes apply only if you play with "Remastered Unit settings"! If you keep Classic you will have classic stats as welland the game will very likely crash!!!