Total War

This mod was created to speed up the wargaming aspect of the game by reducing the time it takes to train armies.
It is a mod for both convenience and gameplay impact.

‘Total War’ refers both to the potential to increase the frequency of combat engagements due to less downtime waiting for troops to be trained, and the similar pacing to recruitment as in games like the Total War series.

I am hopeful this mod will increase AI player survivability especially in the early game by allowing them to recover more quickly from devastating losses and infestation attacks.

This mod will likely increase the prevalence of ‘AI armies’ spawning out of nowhere, as it allows all units to be trained faster; including the players.

This mod does not remove the constraint of unit recruitment cost or upkeep. While you can train troops faster, you still need to have the economy to support recruiting and fielding large armies.

Almost all unit draft costs have been reduced significantly, excluding Tier 5.

Unit draft costs have been standardised across the board.

New costs are based around a city draft target of 100 draft per turn. Note that a city with all base draft upgrades excluding the Smiths’ Guild will generate roughly 75 draft per turn depending on culture (Workshop, Blacksmith, Armory).

Based on the above target, recruitment draft values as follows:
Tier 1: 25 draft – Can recruit 4 units per turn from an upgraded city
Tier 2: 50 draft – Can recruit 2 units per turn from an upgraded city
Tier 3: 100 draft – Can recruit 1 unit per turn from an upgraded city
Tier 4: 200 draft – Can recruit 1 unit every 2 turns from an upgraded city
Tier 5: 400 draft – Can recruit 1 unit every 4 turns from an upgraded city

Low and High recruit cost variations are decreased / increased by 20% respectively, from the base values listed above.
Units that cost mana use the standard draft values.
Units that cost souls use the Low cost draft values.
This is to remain roughly in line with the base game methodology.

*Please note this mod is subject to balancing changes based on feedback and playtesting
*Not all of the following settings are actively used within the game

Tiers_UnitProperties.rpk
Tier 1 Unit – Low Cost – Cost Data
Unit Production: 60 to 20
Tier 1 Unit – Med Cost – Cost Data
Unit Production: 80 to 25
Tier 1 Unit – High Cost – Cost Data
Unit Production: 100 to 30
Tier 2 Unit – Low Cost – Cost Data
Unit Production: 110 to 40
Tier 2 Unit – Med Cost – Cost Data
Unit Production: 140 to 50
Tier 2 Unit – High Cost – Cost Data
Unit Production: 160 to 60
Tier 3 Unit – Low Cost – Cost Data
Unit Production: 180 to 80
Tier 3 Unit – Med Cost – Cost Data
Unit Production: 220 to 100
Tier 3 Unit – High Cost – Cost Data
Unit Production: 240 to 120
Tier 4 Unit – Low Cost – Cost Data
Unit Production: 260 to 160
Tier 4 Unit – Med Cost – Cost Data
Unit Production: 300 to 200
Tier 4 Unit – High Cost – Cost Data
Unit Production: 330 to 240
Tier 5 Unit – Low Cost – Cost Data
Unit Production: 350 to 320
Tier 5 Unit – Med Cost – Cost Data
Unit Production: 400 to 400
Tier 5 Unit – High Cost – Cost Data
Unit Production: 400 to 480
Tier 1 Unit – Med Cost – Cost Data – Mana
Unit Production: 80 to 25
Tier 2 Unit – Med Cost – Cost Data – Mana
Unit Production: 140 to 50
Tier 3 Unit – Med Cost – Cost Data – Mana
Unit Production: 220 to 100
Tier 4 Unit – Med Cost – Cost Data – Mana
Unit Production: 300 to 200
Tier 5 Unit – Med Cost – Cost Data – Mana
Unit Production: 300 to 400
Tier 2 Unit – Med Cost – Cost Data – Mixed Cost
Unit Production: 120 to 50
SOULS – Tier 1 Unit – Cheap – Cost Data
Unit Production: 35 to 10
SOULS – Tier 1 Unit – Cost Data
Unit Production: 70 to 20
SOULS – Tier 2 Unit – Cost Data
Unit Production: 120 to 40
SOULS – Tier 3 Unit – Cost Data
Unit Production: 170 to 80
SOULS – Tier 4 Unit – Cost Data
Unit Production: 210 to 160
SOULS – Tier 5 Unit – Cost Data
Unit Production: 280 to 320
SOULS/split – Tier 1 Unit – Cost Data
Unit Production: 70 to 20
SOULS/split – Tier 2 Unit – Cost Data
Unit Production: 120 to 40
SOULS/split – Tier 3 Unit – Cost Data
Unit Production: 170 to 80
SOULS/split – Tier 4 Unit – Cost Data
Unit Production: 210 to 160
SOULS/split – Tier 5 Unit – Cost Data
Unit Production: 280 to 320

Only the base game is required.
This mod is compatible with all base game Languages.
This mod edits multiple ‘Cost Data – Units’ entries in the Tiers_UnitProperties.rpk and will not be compatible with any mods that edit the same data – there are very few mods that touch these entries directly.
Load this after any conflicting mods to overwrite other mod data – it will only impact unit draft costs.

This mod is designed to be compatible with difficulty mods such as:
Difficulty Remastered: https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2975631217
Difficulty Enhanced: https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=3583690638