Reworked Archers
This is an attempt at fixing several problems with archers present in Shogun 2. The changes are as follows:
– Reduced arc height from 88 to 35 for all arrows (other projectiles are unaffected)
– Slightly increased damage for all arrows
– Bows are now affected by bad weather (- 10 Reload in rain and -6 in snow) because of wet drawstrings
– Matchlocks had their weather penalty updated to be in line with bows
Archers finally need to respect line of sight (I am aware that a different mod exists which does the same). The increased damage of arrows is a necessity given how poorly they performed compared to all other unit types. The Bow Hero in particular does now deserve his name. Lastly the changes regarding weather aim at making weather as a whole more interesting.
Overall this makes the archers in this game much closer to the likes of Rome 1/Medieval 2 Archers. They should now be alot more interesting to use and no longer make fortifications and terrain useless, while also being stronger when used properly.
I would highly recommend to use this together with this mod which reduces combat AI buffs: https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=3463825878 as it will make AI Archers even more devastating if they get their full buffs. However, this is ultimately up to preference.
Infos regarding compatibility:
Savegame compatible, according to my testing.
Regarding compatibility with other mods:
Altered Tables:
– _kv_rules (weather related stuff only)
– projectiles_tables (arrow related entries only – excluding naval arrows, those were not touched)
If a mod contains changes similar to those, it will most likely not be compatible. There are problably things that can be done in terms of load order etc., but that depends on the mod in question. If you want to know for certain, just try it out.
I have NOT tested compatibilty with mods like Darthmod, MOSS, and others.
Feel free to make a submod for those mods containing these changes if you encounter compatibility problems.
