This was something that bugged me slightly about the implementation of the Hellenistic Poleis and it's recruitment. It featured some, but not all of the psiloi (Akontistai at the first level, Toxotai at all), and it didn't have Sphendonitai at all. Furthermore, only Koinon Hellenon had the option of recruiting Hoplitai Haploi, and it seemed to me that if you had a significant and cohesive Greek polity, surely you'd be able to recruit the lowest class of hoplite?
So I've messed around with the export_descr_buildings.txt to make it so. As a result of this change you can:
- Recruit Hoplitai Haploi and Sphendonitai at all three levels of Hellenistic Poleis
- Recruit Akontistai at the two higher levels (previously it could only be done at the lowest)
This applies to all the factions that can recruit Greek troops from them - Baktria, Epeiros, Koinon Hellenon, Pergamon, Pontos, Ptolemaioi, Seleukids.
How to install:
1) Go into [your M2TW directory]\mods\EBII\data and copy your existing export_descr_buildings.txt and put it somewhere safe - this is your backup to restore if things go wrong.
2) Download this new Attachment 15128 to [your M2TW directory]\mods\EBII\data
3) Delete map.rwm from [your M2TW directory]\mods\EBII\data\world\maps\base
4) Start EBII and start a new campaign
5) Enjoy!
Note this is NOT savegame compatible, you need to start a new campaign for the changes to take effect.
Furthermore, this isn't an offically-endorsed submod, just something I was tinkering around with after people complained they couldn't recruit slingers as Epeiros.
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