Things I would like to do and/or have done but would like some feedback...

[caravel]

I meant the Royal residence, namely, the one which allows you to train royal knights. I just realized that it´s also a building requirement for regular knights. What I meant is leaving extra units of royal knights (and the building of varangians) as an "elite unit training" which you would only be able to do in "your capital" (so-to-speak), as opposed to regular knights and men-at-arms.

Hmmmm I see your point. This would cetainly make a hell of a lot of sense. I can't remember off hand if you can make a unique building (Rythmic will know this). At present the units involved are part of a tech tree as follows:

Royal Palace (For Emissaries)
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Royal Court (For Royal Knights, Ghulam Bodyguards)
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Royal Court2 (For Feudal Knights)
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Royal Court3 (For Chivalric Knights)
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Royal Court4 (For specialist Knights only trainable by HRE and Italian IIRC)

To do what you want to do, assuming you can make unique buildings (which I think you can), I would alter the tech tree to something like this:


Royal Palace (For Emissaries)
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Royal Court (For Royal Knights, Ghulam Bodyguards) - Unique


Royal Palace (For Emissaries)
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Royal Court2 (For Feudal Knights)
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Royal Court3 (For Chivalric Knights)
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Royal Court4 (For specialist Knights only trainable by HRE and Italian IIRC)


With my own particular mod I have already altered the tech tree in this way:

Royal Palace (For Emissaries)
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Royal Court (For Royal Knights, Knights, Ghulam Bodyguards)
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Royal Court2 (For Chivalric Knights)
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Royal Court3 (For Lancers (All Catholic Factions))
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Royal Court4 (For specialist Knights only trainable by HRE and Italian IIRC)


To achieve the same end I would have to make the following alterations:


Royal Palace (For Emissaries, For Royal Knights, Ghulam Bodyguards) - Unique, possibly more costly and increased build time.


Royal Court (Knights) - Probably renamed to something non Royal. This would be lowest form of estate/court.
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Royal Court2 (For Chivalric Knights)
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Royal Court3 (For Lancers (All Catholic Factions))
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Royal Court4 (For specialist Knights only trainable by HRE and Italian IIRC)


The Unknown Guy, I'm liking your ideas.