Racial Reinforcements
Forward Note
Now when called for I am always ready to get ‘stuck’ in with the men, feel their pain as if it were my own. This is an important trait of leadership as I’m sure you have gathered already from this tome. Why on my last campaign I had to make do with only the one horse groomer’s assistant. Matilda’s coat has never quite looked the same. War can be truly barbaric…
‘My Glorious Career’ by Arcadion the Indomitable
Introduction
This mod aims to add a number of new units to every races lineup in order to add more diversity and tactical options to the game. This mod does not intend to be an overhaul of the game, I won’t be changing any vanilla units or abilities. Instead this mod aims to be an expansion to the base AoW, with new units which are appropiate and fit into the exisiting lineups without being too unusual. These new units will be fully incorporated into the game; they will require certain buildings, have icons, will appear in neutral stacks, have their own flavour text etc.
Balance is of great importance and I will rely on players honest feedback as to the power of each unit in respect to its comparisons.
Current Units
Human Units;
– Human Swordsman (Tier I)
– Human Crossbowman (Tier I)
– Human Outrider (Tier II)
– Human Foot Guard (Tier II)
Highelf Units;
– Highelf Bladesman (Tier I)
– Highelf Stormbow (Tier II)
Orc Units;
– Orc Headhunter (Tier I)
– Orc Grunt (Tier I)
Goblin Units;
– Goblin Rabble (Tier I)
– Goblin Halfbreed (Tier I)
– Goblin Skewer (They’re Back!!) (Tier I)
Draconian Units;
– Draconian Temple Guard (Tier I)
– Unbroken Raptor (Tier I)
Dwarf Units;
– Dwarf Shield Bearer (Tier I)
Halfling Units;
– Halfling Man-at-arms (Tier I)
Tigran Units;
– Tigran Predator (Tier I)
– Tigran Bond-Huntress (Tier II)
Frostling Units;
– Frostling Marauder (Tier I)
Dwelling Units;
– Archon Revenant Pikeman (Tier I)
– Archon Revenant Cavalry (Tier II)
– Archon Revenant Legionary (Tier II)
Bonus Heroes;
– Arcadion the Indomitable (Hero Dreadnaught)
The legendary commander Arcadion who wrote the best selling book ‘My Glorious Career’ can now be aquired in game as a human dreadnaught! Now it’s your chance to write the next chapter of his ‘heroic’ tale!
– Selene Luchetti (Hero Rogue)
The Ex-criminal and writer of ‘The Careless Life of a Rogue’ Selene Luchetti can now be aquired in game as a human Rogue. Time for another misadventure…
Development Notes
– I am currently working from Tier 1 and going up! As such you can expect a few more tier 1’s and a full group of tier 2’s before I move onto tier 3’s. Tier 4’s may become a different mod designed to work with this one (so you can pick if you want them). The same applies to class units.
– I am open to players giving me some ideas of what kind of units they would like to see or what changes I can make! I can only work with what I have in the game (I have no texture or modelling skills) but there is already alot there to work with. Please feel free to post as much as you want in the discussion boards; I will read these for advice.
– As this is a work in progress much of what I have done already may change over time. For example every unit will no doubt undergo some balance changes as the mod continues to develop.
Racial Governance Upgrades
All my units are associated with any upgrades that seemed appropiate. Of course to maintain the minimal possible changes to the core game I have not changed the upgrades themselves, simply the units will benefit from any upgrades which are right for their class/race/type.
For example the orc headhunter will benefit from the patron orc military upgrade, as this upgrades the base orc infantry units, even though it doesn’t say it will.
Regiments Mod Patch
If you are interested in using this mod with the excellent ‘regiments’ mod by Inviktys then there is a patch avaliable at the following link;
http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=632565862 – Regiments Patch
http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=637167770 – Big Regiments Patch
Other Mod Compatability
As this mod purposefully doesn’t change anything about the core game it should be compatable with any other mods you want to install at the same time!
