Nice map... As Tario said, Płock is too close to Gdańsk. And will be Pskov a faction, or will it be a part of Novogrod?
Where do I place it, then?
Rus will not be separated into princedoms, it'll be united (because of faction balance - we'll try to change it closer to the final release), but will have two town troop trees - southern and northern.
Yeah good map, but how many fractions there where be ? Poland, Russia, Teutonic, and someno else ? :D
Poland, Rus, Teutons, Mongols, Lithuania (minor faction - not playable, at least for now).
Well can you show to us a Rus troop tree? Whether the fractions are balanced? Each will have a weak and a good hand, but whether any will be able to win with any? And what will be the best part/ specify individual groups. :]. Thanks for respowne :].
(Sorry for english)
inf. - infantry
thr. - with throwing weapons (javelins, jarids, sulicy, drotiki etc)
arch. - archer or crossbowman
sp. - dedicated spearman.
h. - heavy (in terms of weaponry - for example, composite bow or heavy 2-handed axe) or armoured
moun. - mounted
Village: Kmet (inf.) -- Opolchenec (inf.)
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Smerd (inf.)
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Ohotnik (arch.) -- Stary Ohotnik (arch.)
Norhtern town: Kopienosetc (sp. inf.) -- Panzyrny Kopienosetc (h. sp. inf.)
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Ratoboretc (inf. thr) -- Peshetc (inf. thr) -- Orujeboretc (inf.) -- Bronistec (h. inf.)
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\ Konnik (moun.)
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Strelec (arch.) -- Zastrelshik (h. arch.)
Southern town: Kopeyshik (sp. inf.) -- Bronenosnuy Kopeyshik (h. sp. inf.)
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Ratnik (inf. thr) -- Voin (inf. thr) -- Orujnik (inf.)
\ Konnuy Luchnik (moun. arch.)
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Luchnik (arch.)
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Vsadnik (moun. thr)
Castle regulars:
Otrok (moun. thr. arch.) -- Syn Boyarskiy (moun. thr. arch.) -- Mechnik (moun. thr. arch.)
Castle elite:
Muj Knyajiy (h. moun) -- Vityaz (h. moun) -- Boyarin (h. moun)
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Lots of ranged weapons - thrown, bows, rare crossbows.
Good bows - warbows, composite bows.
High level troops well armoured - scale, lamellar etc.
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Archers appear later.
No heavy horse barding.
No chargers.
No heavy crossbows.
For example, elite teutons will have worse torso armour (the best - surcoat over mail), but better headgear - topfhelms and heavier horses with mail barding.
Their infantry will use heavy 2-handed axes, long broadaxes and heavy crossbows. Low-level infantry will sometimes use crossbows.
Teutonic town: Staedtlich Speertraeger (sp. inf.) -- Buerger Speertraeger (h. sp. inf.)
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Irregulaere (inf. arch.) -- Wachmann (inf. arch) -- Staedtlich Infanterist (h. inf.) -- Buerger Infanterist (h. inf.)
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\ Buerger Reiter (h. moun.)
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Armbrust Wachmann (arch.) -- Staedtlich Arbalestenschuetze (arch.) -- Ballistarius (h. arch.)