OmarPacha
02-08-2008, 14:09
MTW has only 1 pagan faction (Golden Horde) but many of the best mods do have more; Khazars Cumans Lithuanians and so on. I think that the use of fire weapons should be the same for Pagan factions as for other ones; for example, it does not look so fair that Cumans and Lithuanians in XL mod can recruit handgunners and arquebusiers but no artillery at all.
On the other hand we can't simply assign artillery units to pagan factions (as it has been done for ships) without any care for historical reports on which kind of artillery and when it has been employed by pagan religion armies.
Tamerlane had for sure made use of fire weapons during Aleppo siege "[...]Again he had gathered here in Samarqand artillery men, both engineers and bombardiers, besides those who make the ropes by which these engines work [...]", and "[...]while bombardiers and tow suggest some kind of cannon which the Ottomans had used at Kossovo in 1389 [...]"
More, in the first Mongol invasion of Japan, Naphta trebuchets were used.
So, if we speak of cannons or bombards, at least one kind of artillery might be available to pagans in Late period; or we can think of one more naphta launcher to be at pagans' disposal in all periods.
Now, artillery pieces are not among the textures, does anyone know what are the files that must be modified to achieve a new artillery unit ?
On the other hand we can't simply assign artillery units to pagan factions (as it has been done for ships) without any care for historical reports on which kind of artillery and when it has been employed by pagan religion armies.
Tamerlane had for sure made use of fire weapons during Aleppo siege "[...]Again he had gathered here in Samarqand artillery men, both engineers and bombardiers, besides those who make the ropes by which these engines work [...]", and "[...]while bombardiers and tow suggest some kind of cannon which the Ottomans had used at Kossovo in 1389 [...]"
More, in the first Mongol invasion of Japan, Naphta trebuchets were used.
So, if we speak of cannons or bombards, at least one kind of artillery might be available to pagans in Late period; or we can think of one more naphta launcher to be at pagans' disposal in all periods.
Now, artillery pieces are not among the textures, does anyone know what are the files that must be modified to achieve a new artillery unit ?