GARRISON – Passive Unit XP
This mod introduces passive experience gain for units defending friendly domain.
These benefits can be obtained through normal play (building structures) and are relatively logical in their application.
The primary goal was to facilitate the introduction of passive XP to garrisoned units which were otherwise penalised for defending cities instead of map clearing, and further incentivise expanding empire domain past the point of picking up local resource nodes.
Now there’s a choice between actively map clearing for greater XP / rewards vs resting / defending for slow but steady XP gain.
This may also assist with AI hero level pacing; in cases where AI Heroes remain passive instead of clearing the map, or when they have lost high level heroes and are unable to take good fights with lower-level units.
The XP gains are intentionally small, to ensure this feature is beneficial without being the best strategy for gaining XP.
This mod adds unique ‘sector’ properties to a few city and outpost upgrades, that provide units passive XP gain per turn when within their domain.
All passive XP unit properties provide +1XP per turn to retain game balance.
This can be stacked with other sources of XP gain, and should work with %XP gain modifiers also.
Example of Unit rate of levelling base on +1XP per turn:
Tier I Recruit to Legend: 80 turns
Tier I Champion to Legend: 40 turns
Tier III Recruit to Legend: 160 turns
Tier III Champion to Legend: 80 turns
Tier V Recruit to Legend: 240 turns
Tier V Champion to Legend: 120 turns
*Please note this mod is subject to balancing changes based on feedback and playtesting
Tavern:
Realm Quests – Unit gains +1XP per turn
Applies to Lord and Hero units within City Domain
Stone Walls:
Military Trainer – Unit gains +1XP per turn
Applies to Non-Hero units within City Domain
Watch Tower: (built in Outposts)
Patrol Instructor – Unit gains +1XP per turn
Applies to Lord and Hero units within Outpost Domain
Outpost Trainer – Unit gains +1XP per turn
Applies to Non-Hero units within Outpost Domain
Only the base game is required.
This mod is compatible with all base game Languages.
This mod edits the following entries in the CityUpgrades_Definitions.rpk and will not be compatible with any mods that edit the same data.
– Defense – Stone Walls
– City Stability – Tavern
– Outpost – Watch Tower
This will only be mods that edit the same city upgrades.
This mod edits the following entries in the OperationDefinitions_Strategic.rpk and will not be compatible with any mods that edit the same data.
– Build Watch Tower Outpost – Operation
This will only be mods that edit the Watch Tower upgrade for the Outpost.
This mod is fully compatible with ‘Trainer – Passive Unit XP’:
https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=3353433120
Both can be used in conjunction for increased passive XP gains.
