Havie Expanded Skill Tree & Unique Abilities – MTU & TUP

*NOTE: ROMANCE MODE ONLY*

Chinese Translation: https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2009174214
Korean Translation: https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=1937206464&searchtext=

IMPORTANT: FOR TROM COMPATIBILITY, GET THIS VERSION. THIS WILL ALSO BE THE ONLY VERSION TO GET UPDATED FROM NOW ON. FOLLOW THE INSTRUCTION ON THAT MOD CLOSELY:

https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2615718674

DO NOT USE MTU EVENT MOD ADD-ON!

Load Order:

<Havie Skill Tree – MTU/TUP version>
<TUP – English Patch>
<TUP>
<WDG2>
<MTU original>

To keep it short, this is an expanded skill tree mod that adds in extra skill nodes to all general skill trees, made specifically for MTU and TUP combination of mod. To date, this mod adds approximately 400+ new abilities and various new admin skills to the game. This make the act of discovering new heroes in the game much more interesting, since even a randomly generated generic can surprise you.

Long version:

This is an alternate version of Havie’s Improved skill trees for compatibility with MTU and TUP mods. This mod has about ~400 more skills and abilities than Havie’s original ones. The visions for the two mods have diverged to become two entirely different beasts.

This mod is basically an overhaul to make heroes’ abilities more fun and diverse to allow for new combinations and playstyles, with more interesting mechanics (area bombardments, buff/debuff that affect allies and enemies, skills that begins as debuff but turns into buff with the right conditions, abilities that can "cleanse" and remove status effects like berserk, etc.)

It’s also not a "turn every hero is a one man army" type of mod, as skills and abilities were designed and constantly refined to be somewhat balanced. As this is a Work in Progress, abilities will be rebalanced and adjusted as I see fit

The mod also utilizes the abilities from Dynasty mode. Now skills like Seismic Slam, Sweeping Arc, Blood Rush, etc. are incorporated into the generals’ skill tree in an organic manner. Making the act of controlling your generals in battle a lot more fun and involved

Every general has expanded skill tree, consisting of all new skills from Havie Improved Skill trees as well as original ones made by myself

Over 400 new abilities, many are shared and many more are unique to certain characters. These range from the simple rally buff, silence debuff to the more extraordinary Warhammer 2-like spell casting with explosions, shockwaves and magical arrow rains. These skills add in new ways to build your generals and armies as well as give the heroes in this game a lot more personalities and unique play styles.

All vanilla heroes also receive overhauled skill trees and abilities to make them feel more unique to play. All TUP heroes with unique skill trees are also given their own specific ability combinations. The act of discovering a new hero in the recruitment pool will be much more interesting since you’ll almost always come across something new

All admin passive buffs skills now have 2 levels to them. By investing another skill point on the same node, you can gain even more bonus for that specific skill. This provides more interesting depths when deciding which skill to take when leveling up, as you can really specialize your heroes into a specific role

Generic have 12 variants of their skill trees per class (YTR has 4 variants per class).
So that is 72 possible different generic skill trees ((6 Han + 6 Bandits ) x 5 + 12 YTR trees) that you can come across among the generic heroes.

This means that every generic that you picked up in the pool will no longer have the same skill tree but just different starting point, now that "Bandit" champion might be built and play differently from his "Farmer" twin.

Max Level is now 20, Wuxing attributes maxed out at 300

Havie Guanxi events – https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=1811539767
*Note: don’t download the required mods, just subscribe to Guanxi

Wuxing Matters More Than Weapons
https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2087618546

Character Biographies:
https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2035722492

Havie’s original improved skill tree for MTU

Any mod that modifies max level for characters

Any mod that adds new skills

Q: Didn’t Havie make a skill tree mod for MTU already?
A: He didn’t make it for TUP. You can consider this mod an "Extreme Kiwami" version of his. While it is not as "dynamic" as his vision of the skill trees, this one covers all 400+ skill tress from vanilla + MTU + TUP.

Q: Can this be played with just MTU w/o TUP, or just vanilla game?
A: Yes, but you will miss out on about ~85% of the new abilities and contents. Certain skill assignments will not make sense for certain heroes due to the limitation of the vanilla and MTU’s skill tree distribution. For the most optimal experience, I suggest using MTU+TUP

Q: Radious?
A: Partially, the mod can be played with Radious but game balance will be way off. Do so at your own risk.

Q: Wu Kingdaissance version?
A: Already made. It’s the first mod I ever uploaded:
https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=1901409545

Q: With the new skills, certain characters are really overpowered….
A: I do try my best to keep them from being too strong but I’m only one guy, so please report any builds that you find can break the game’s balance.

Q: Can I make a translation of this mod?
A: Yes

Q: Can I make a patch for *insert overhaul mod* here?
A: Yes

With permission and full credits to Havie and illustratornoob
Kim Guel for his Puzzle illustration
illustratornoob, Artmongky and the MTU/TUP team
khansoto1013 for MTSU.
Liza Maslenkova – the talented artist behind this mod’s exclusive Dong Bai and Wang Yi’s portraits: https://www.fiverr.com/liza_maslenkova