Improved Deployables
Changes
- Allows deployables to be used in any battle on any side with no restrictions. This means using them during ambushes to add extra firepower and reinforcing defences during sieges. The only exception being the defender in an ambush
- Improved the arrow tower rate of fire to give them more killing power but not making them overpowered
- Increased the amount of stakes per deployable group
- The Commanding General of the army gets an extra set of Towers and Stakes at the following thresholds for a total of 3 towers and 3 stakes at the highest level
- Authority 100
- Authority 125
- Authority 150
- To be extra clear, to get the extra deployables the general that leads the army needs a high authority but does NOT need to be a specific class
Reasoning
- I mostly wanted to make deployables have more impact on battles and allow you to have more options when it came to deployments and strategies
- I also wanted to make Authority/Earth/Commander generals have more of a identity making them builders instead of just generalists where other options are usually better
- I did not make it Cunning/Water/Strategists focused as they already have a ton of options plus some strategists can still hit 100 authority for the extra deployables
- I didn’t touch caltrops because I know those can usually be a huge annoyance especially with the AI using them as grenades.
- I didn’t include oil into the list as it’s somewhat inconsistent and less useful than towers and stakes. The two you get from research is enough for the occasions that you need it
- The implementation for only the Commanding General is because your screen can only take 14-15 deployables before they go off screen. You get 6 deployables from 2 research techs in the base game and which leaves 6 more with a bit extra for ancillaries or traits that might give you another deployable
Side Notes
- If you have any suggestions/feedback/issues please let me know
- I took a few hours doing experiments with adding new deployables but it’s really buggy and I can’t be bothered to put in tens of hours to keep trying or doing custom models.
- Inspired by More Deployables by Alex Zhao
