Ghassanids Faction Pack (with new unique Units)
The Ghassanids
This faction is really interesting, for various reasons:
- At war with the Sassanid Empire and all its vassals from turn 1
- Allied with the Eastern Roman Empire
- Starting position is really precarious
I played this faction before with a faction unlocker and I can say that is a really challenging campaign.
The mod
This mod allows to play as the Ghassanids and adds some faction bonus and different units to their roster.
The faction
- Desert Kingdom: all the traits from the desert kingdoms group.
- Reduced ublic order penalty from other religions: -30%
- Recruitment slots: +1
- Upkeep costs for all land units: -5%
- Morale in own territory: +10
The units
- Arabian Levy: decent early spearmen, with shield screen formation. Can be recruited from tier 1 minor military building.
- Arabian Spearmen: upgrade to Arabian Levy, better in almost every stats.
- Arabian Armoured Spearmen: it’s a different unit from the previous two. Great armour and good health. Can be recruited from tier 4 minor military building.
- Ghassanid Cataphracts: amoured cavalry with a good charge bonus. Can be recruited from tier 3 major military building.
- Camel Cataphracts: well armoured camel warriors, good charge bonus and very high health. Can be recruited from tier 4 major military building.
- Arabian Camel Archers: good shooting skills, high ammunitions, parthian shot but no armour and shield. Can be recruited from tier 3 minor military building.
- Al-Rahrain: taken from Lakhmids. Unlike the Lakhmids, it cannot be upgraded to Noble version. Can be recruited from tier 3 minor military building. I changed the upkeep cost of Al-Rahrain, now it’s cheaper and more affordable. Its cost was 380, way too high for its value.
Possible updates
The faction and the units can be balanced in the future. I’ll test them in my campaigns and if I notice something strange I’ll change their stats/abilities.
If you notice a problem or you have some suggestions, let me know!
Download
Revisions:
Old revisions of this mod are available below. Click the link to download.
