Movement ranges have been a topic of discussion in a number of threads, yet nobody has satisfyingly addressed a very specific point of modding.

This suggestion is aimed at the discrepancy between movement ranges of captain led armies and general led armies, especially during winter. I would think that any army, not just those led by generals, should suffer somewhat in unfavorable weather. Now, since it is not possible to assign traits to captains, something else occurred to me. Armies not led by someone whipping them to action should be slower anyway, slower even than a decrepit, tottering and lame general. So, my proposal would be to reduce the movement speed of ALL units (via 'starting_action_points') to, for example, 50 instead of 80, and then switch the summer/winter effects around to compensate this; like this:

Code:
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Trait WinterEffects
    Characters all
    AntiTraits WinterEffectsOver, UnaffectedByWinter

    Level Winter_Effects
        Description Winter_Effects_desc
        EffectsDescription Winter_Effects_effects_desc
        Threshold  1

        ;Effect MovementPoints  -9  ;newly commented

;------------------------------------------
Trait WinterEffectsOver
    Characters all
    Hidden
    AntiTraits WinterEffects

    Level Winter_Effects_Over
        Description Winter_Effects_Over_desc
        EffectsDescription Winter_Effects_Over_effects_desc
        Threshold  1

        Effect MovementPoints  12  ;newly added
Of course, corresponding changes for spies, reverse-summer-winter-faction traits, admirals etc would also have to be made as well as possibly some increase in the MP bonus since (if it is really applied as a percentage bonus) an increase of 40% of 50 actionpoints is less than an increase of 40% of 80 action points.

Either way, the effect would be that an army without a general would ALWAYS (or almost always) be equal to or slower than an army with a general, even in winter.

I'll try this out myself during the next few weeks, provided i find the time.
Has this idea already been tried (and discarded)? I couldn't find this particular combination anywhere in the forums.

Cheers, Sûl.