Nerfed Rebel Stacks (1.35.*)
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Tired of massive rebel stacks spawning everywhere, even on unremarkable backwater provinces?
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Annoyed at rebels having artillery stacks that are on par with medium-sized nations?
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Wanting to roleplay by having small stacks of reserves to keep the peace, instead of large standing armies?
This simple mod cuts down rebel army sizes to 20%* by modifying spawn factors and changing their army composition to remove artillery units. For reference, here are the factors that affect their size:
- Base size value – 5 units (default)
- Province development – 10% of development (default)
- Technology level – 3% for each tech level (default; also affects morale of the stack)
*Not exactly an 80% reduction, the game’s calculation on spawn size involves adding and multiplying the factors above. This mod lowers these factors down to 20% of their original value instead. You can check out the EU4 wiki page on Rebellions for full details (https://eu4.paradoxwikis.com/Rebellion#Rebel_spawn_strength).
Most likely no. It will probably mess up some revolution mechanics since most rebel stacks would be instantly annihilated. Countries would be able to blob even harder since rebellions (as a ‘soft’ limit for rapid expansion) would no longer be a problem for most.
Getting other mods that increase unrest and/or its effects may pair well with this mod to compensate for the changes.
Feel free to tweak this mod to your liking. I documented the changes I made as best I can in the mod contents.
Revisions:
Old revisions of this mod are available below. Click the link to download.
