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They did in the battle of Towton in the War of the roses
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intresting, the only problem with this is, How to implement
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Other mods have mad fire-arms. We could just ask to use their thingy, and change the models.
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The English army
Most English armies of this period were made up of vast numbers of Longbows.(Which I assume most of you already know)
Below I will detail a few historical notes, for use to discuss
Until the 17th century there was no such thing as a standing army in england. The campaigns of the 14th and 15th century saw the raising of temporary armies which were disbanded on the completion of operation.
An archer served in one of these armies by either having been conscripted into the Levy, raised by 'Commission of Array' or recruited into a Retinue of a member of the nobility or gentry in a force raised by 'contract of indenture'
The Commission of Array
The CoA was a lagacy of the feudal obligation whereby every man between the ages of 16 and 60 was to serve his country in the time of need. Counties were assessed as to the number of men they were to supply and arrayers toured their respoctive counties selecting from the manpower assembled at various designated muster points.
The Contract of Indenture
Contracts were drawn up between the king and his chief commanders which stipulated the size of the army required, its purpose and the terms and length of service.
Depending on the number needed, the commander would supplement the men of his own indentured retinue with subcontracted men from other nobiliyt or gentry. (this can get complicated so I wont go any further than to say these armies were kind of the lords household and leave it as that)
The Levy
In the 14th century CoA and CoI were used in combination to raise armies for service in Wales, Scotland, Flanders and France. However after complaints by parliament CoA were only allowed for service in England, Scotland and Wales.
therefore, throughout the 15th century every army that left England to serve aboard was raised entirly by contracts of indenture. However it must be said that not every levied archer was mobilised to serve in a field force. The duty ofarrays north of the river trent was to remain on stnadby ready to repel any scottish incursions
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So from this we can see that we will need two types of soldier for each, ie a levied and a retained one and after 1400 only retained should be fighting in mainland europe. Except for units/soldiers recruited from the natives, ie Gascony etc.,
OK now its time to discuss ~D
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After my 2nd year exams in june i'll be happy to help you Shades with hisitorical research as this period of history is my favourite as you probably know already ~D
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Thanks BkB all help is welcome
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ok, if people could post the concept pics here, maybe our skinners could get started
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Based on the fact that all armies will be made up of a number of unique factions units and common units, how many units should we allow do you all think ?
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well, lets say each faction gets around 15 units in total, maybe a bitty more. I wuld say that each faction should get at least a quarter or so of them to be unique units. Some should have more, perhaps many more.
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I think that we should try and avoid having any general units apart for the Men-at-Arms class. I think this element kind of ruined M:TW, as you could be fighting an almost identical army apart from maybe one unique unit. Armies were general very different, especially in the late medieval period. Even the lowliest of foot soldiers armed themselves differently (the French foot soldiers armed themselves with glaive like pole arms while the English preferred Bills and the Burgundians liked their pikes). I understand that wars were fought primarily by the men-at-arms class who were similarly armed (English, French and Burgundian anyway). But most auxiliary soldiers were unique to their country. Even the thin geographical divide between England and Scotland created huge differences in military culture , and it was the same between France and Burgundy.
Here are a few suggestions for artillery. At the suggested start point of this mod, gunpowder artillery was becoming well and truly established as the standard form of artillery (by about 1330 anyway). Both the French and the English adopted gunpowder artillery very quickly into their arsenals. Here is a suggested artillery list for the main factions:
England
- Bombards (heavy cannon for siege work
- Demi Culverins (light cannon for field work, too weak for sieges)
Burgundy
- Bombards
- Demi Culverins
- Serpantines (extremely light cannon for field work, anti-personnel)
France
- Bombards
- Demi Culverins
- Serpantines
- Culverins (well balanced cannon ideal for both seige and field work)
It is important that the French get an advantage in artillery, especially latter in the game. This was one of the reasons why the French eventually won the HYW. They began to use artillery as efficiently (thanks to lawyer from Paris) as the English had used the longbow.
Also, I am not sure about Scotlands uses and preferences towards artillery, so I left them out for someone more learned to fill in ~:) .
These are just some suggestions what does everybody think?
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t"his was one of the reasons why the French eventually won the HYW"
did they actually win, i didnt think anyone won at the end, the brits got pushed out of most of france, so i supose maybe they won
but the brits still have the channel islands something the french never got back
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Getting the English out of France (apart from Calais and the Channel islands) is general speaking considered a French conclusion to the war, as English territorial claims were the instigating factor of the war. Also the French conquest of Aquitaine, which had been English territory for about three centuries was a significant gain for the French and a crushing final blow to the English's French ambitions.
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Take a look to the flanders thread to see some picture and unit suggestions.
Note: these are suggestions!