Mercenary Add on pack for Rome Total War

[Nebuchadnezzar]

I got bored with vanilla's barbarian mercenaries being the only mercenary option available from virtually one end of the map to the other with very little else between so I set out to fix what I thought would take only a weekend but in fact took 3 weeks!

The mod is complete and fully game tested.
Download: Mercenary XPack or try our Mercenary XPack Lite a Cut down version adding only 4 new mercenary units.



Mercenary X pack is a feature packed mercenary add-on for Vanilla Rome Total War that will significantly improve on gameplay and increase difficulty. It does not change the vanilla game in any other way. Add a formation mod to this and you will add further improvement. My personal favourite is Sinuhets latest formations.ai mod but Darths are also good.

WHAT IT DOES

• Adds 20 new units to the current mercenary pools.
• Redefines existing mercenary pools for high regional dependence. Certain units will only be available in very specific regions.
• Limited selection of mercenary types in fringe areas surrounding the Italian peninsula.
• Experience level upgrades to units recruited in traditional homelands.
• Explore and conquer the far reaches of the map for elite and rare mercenary units but you will need to be patient.
• A few bug fixes in the original game files.
• A few surprises.

REQUIREMENTS

• Rome Total War V1.5 or V1.6 Barbarian Invasion. In most cases it will not work with other mods except formation mods.
• This mod is not save game compatable with any previous saves of any version. You must start a new campaign.
• Play on hard or very hard for the AI to take advantage of the extra mercenaries.

No special installation instructions are required as it is self installing.

SUPPORT

• This mod has been fully tested over several extended campaigns and to my professional knowledge is bug free, however it may still be possible for something to show up.
  NOTE: The first requirement is a clean install of RTW patched to V1.5. If you don't have this or you tend to hand modify files on the fly then please re-install RTW, the required patches and then the mod and try again.
• No uninstall is provided. Make a back-up copy of your Data folder before installing. If you need to uninstall without a back up copy then you will need to re-install Rome Total war.

SCREEN SHOTS

Britannia players head to Eastern Europe or the Steppes to hire mercenary warband archers.
Archer Warband

My mainly peasant army
Domus Dulcis Domus

But really they didn't have a chance
Victory

Head to Germania for some great mercs
Germania Mercs


Your comments and suggestions are welcome.

I hope you enjoy it as much as I did making it!