Better Pikes
Currently, the pikes in RBM have a weapon length of less than 400 (4 meters) because the angle of the pike in the vanilla pike bracing animation is too high to hit enemy cavalry.
This mod increases the weapon length of the pikes to more than 400 and lowers the angle of the pike in the pike bracing animation in order to hit enemy cavalry. It also increases the damage of the pikes so that pikemen are devastating from the front.
This mod makes pikemen use deep shield wall formations that resemble pike formations. These formations are tightly spaced and slow-moving. If you are commanding pikemen and want them to use this formation, you can order them to form a shield wall (F8) and advance (F4).
The idle, walking and running animations while holding a pike have been fixed. Pikes are now held upright instead of sideways, as is the case with the vanilla animations.
Pikemen will ready their pikes when they are 50m away from the enemy by default. The first four ranks will ready their pikes for an underarm thrust. The fifth rank will ready their pikes for an overhead thrust. The sixth rank onwards will ready their pikes at an angle.
Pikemen cannot block with their pikes by default. This setting as well as others can be configured in the mod options.
It is highly recommended to use this with my other mod Breakable Polearms. This is to ensure that pikemen are not too OP by giving them a nerf. It is also highly recommended to use De Re Militari. In the vanilla game the only troops who use pikes are Vlandian Pikemen and DRM adds several other troops who use pikes.
Take note that this mod requires Realistic Battle Mod’s Combat and AI modules. I will not make a non-RBM version.
It is safe to install and uninstall on an existing save.
Sources are here: https://github.com/OrderWOPower/BetterPikes
Discord server for my mods is here: https://discord.gg/amFNwYA3gB
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(RBM) Realistic Battle Mod — Steam Workshop
Harmony — Steam Workshop
Mod Configuration Menu v5 — Steam Workshop
