[Balance] Nerf Trebuchets
Summary: This mod nerfs trebuchets by reducing its damage(both the direct hit and the explosion) by -50%. Defensive garrisoned trebuchets attached to defensive structures are untouched.
Detail: In the game, having 2 trebuchets completely nullify sieges. Sieges were bloody affair that required at least x3 the number of assailants to succeed. During this period of history, Zhuge Liang’s 100,000 soldiers could not take Hao Zhao’s 1,000 soldiers defending a castle for 20 days. Wu’s 30,000 soldiers were unable to conquer a castle defended by Luo Xian’s 2,000 soldiers for 6 months.
In TW:3K, you don’t even need more soldiers as trebuchets nullify all defences, making a siege battle same as field battle with narrow passages. I contemplated this with various approaches, and in the end decided to apply a damage reduction of 50% as it seemed reasonable and a way to achieve much with as little changes as possible. This will force the assailant to carry more trebuchets to make sieges easy while serving to weaken an army with trebuchets in a field battle.
Check out my other mods below:
[Combat] Records mode fatigue system in Romance mode
https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=1795109308
[Combat] AI no longer cheats in battles
https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=1794881178
[Historical] No Random Female Generals
https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=1793794426
[Balance, Bugfix] No Rivalry Bonuses
https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=1794851639
[Balance] Nerf Trebuchets
https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=1794851746
