[Submod] light_spear and javelineer EDU fixes

[QuintusSertorius]

I've increased the range of javelin cavalry, which seemed to be misbehaving like the infantry skirmishers were. It's not savegame compatible for me, could someone let me know if it's working better?

[QWE_asd]

Hi Quintus,

Thanks for the submod.

The foot skirmishers are really powerfull now;

the horse skirmishers now actually throw all of their javs, while killing no one.

It seems horse skirmishers' accuracy and damage is too low compared to other foot skirmishers or horse archers.

[QuintusSertorius]

Hi Quintus,

Thanks for the submod.

The foot skirmishers are really powerfull now;

Too powerful? Or about right? I've used them and I don't think they're overpowered - formed infantry with shields don't have much to fear unless the javelineers are behind them.

the horse skirmishers now actually throw all of their javs, while killing no one.

It seems horse skirmishers' accuracy and damage is too low compared to other foot skirmishers or horse archers.

Sounds like I need to change their weapon as well as range, I'll look into it. EDIT: Their chosen weapon has a poor accuracy of 0.25 - compared to the foot skirmisher's 0.08 (lower is better). That's likely the source of this issue, investigating solutions now.

Also wondering about altering the speed of cavalry (to make them slightly faster).

[QuintusSertorius]

I think I'm there with cavalry speeds; heavy cavalry are 25% faster and light cavalry are 35% faster. Tested and it looks about right to me.

[Shadowwalker]

First off, thank you very much! This mod has made my gameplay experience in my current Qart-Hadasht campaign very much enjoyable, because two of their main weapons (cavalry and skirmishers) really work now.
(And the javelineer animations are superb, just saying. Glad to see that these animations lead to actual javelin throwing now.)
The cavalry speed might be a bit high, perhaps, but the damage from a properly done charge feels about right.

So - thanks again. :)

[QuintusSertorius]

First off, thank you very much! This mod has made my gameplay experience in my current Qart-Hadasht campaign very much enjoyable, because two of their main weapons (cavalry and skirmishers) really work now.
(And the javelineer animations are superb, just saying. Glad to see that these animations lead to actual javelin throwing now.)
The cavalry speed might be a bit high, perhaps, but the damage from a properly done charge feels about right.

So - thanks again. :)

Qart-Hadast have access to some of the faster cavalry in the game - both their own units and Numidian and Iberian ones, so the effect may be more pronounced. That said, I am musing on whether it should be 20% and 30% instead.

[IrishHitman]

I'm entirely satisfied with the effects of this fix. Skirmishers are very useful now without being broken, and cavalry is both useful to me and dangerous to my armies in the way that it should be.

I really wish that the elite skirmisher types had been fixed in this way instead of upping their throwing attack, because I still have the problem of them getting overrun before they throw their damn javelins in the first place.