KOTF mod

[Vladimir]

Following the discussion in this forum reminds me of a couple forest and tree metaphors. Many players here may have more refined tastes but this is looking really convoluted. The only immersion I'm concerned about is how the interaction in the forum affects the play in the game. Turns, years, what does it matter? I'm happy if it's kept simple.

[Ignoramus]

I like the term season. I hated referring to turns - it's too gamey.

I think that a beefed up AI is necessary. In LotR, we slaughtered the AI, although that was partly due to HA's which we won't be able to get as the French. Ideally, it should be moderately difficult to conquer a province if there's spirit of cooperation between houses. Gaining that support, however, is another thing.

[econ21]

For those into stats, the unit stats in LTC seem to be very close - if not identical - to those in the "M2TW grand campaign with Kingdoms stats" mod. They are nicely presented in BrandyBarrel's FAUST for that mod:

http://www.mediafire.com/?4cgy1lcd1in

Although the stats don't tell the whole story (due to the effect of animations), compared to vanilla, I noticed:

(1) Spears get a big boost - armoured spears have the same ATT and DEF as DFK now :eek:
(2) Missiles have ranged attacks unaltered, but tend to have melee ATT and DEF reduced a lot
(3) Cavalry get a minor nerf in stats (but also smaller units)
(4) Swords get a major nerf
(5) France does not get many two handers, but those dismounted nobles look tasty.

Anyone know how the early/high/late thing works? Are there fixed dates at which higher tier units are recruitable? Or does it just affect the initial starting situation.

[_Tristan_]

Or does it just affect the initial starting situation.

That's it.