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Historic Hellenistic World

I proudly (and after exhausting research and scripting) present to you my Historical Hellenistic World new mod (Tadaaaa).
The mod is based on historic accuracy heavily and it has its roots in more than 3000 pages of historic texts and sometimes in experimental archeology and self testing (I timed myself throwing and reloading self-made javelins for the correct reloading time!! Boy I got a problem..).
It is not meant to be balanced and to make every nation has the same type of troops or the same chances in surviving. No, Spartans did not have sword units, no, they did not have much cavalry either. Hellenistic worlds, depended heavily on pikes and hoplites were not the same as they were in 5th century for city-states etc.So let me present the changes..
CHAPTER A VISUALS
(In the pics above where there are green letters is the correct name of the unit.Where there are not the name is shown in the pic.The pics with pages from books are here to show some sources to some gameplay choises i made and i explain below.)
Changes exist in almost every single vanilla unit.I am no Champloo but I tried hard and some of my work is seen above. It is not meant to be an eye-candy because in history during the game time what mattered was protection and cost effectiveness and rarely impression and psychological pressure via uniforms which was a must in classical time (look Spartan polished shields etc..).So don’t expect fantasy units or majestic, caped bad-*** guys in every corner even for Levy troops (although there are some elite mainly units that really look cool ;) …).
Here, I must say a HUDGE THANKS to BIGBADWOLF a very gifted guy pointed to me by Champloo (thank you too man) that made my dream come true by creating the true Shield patterns of Spartan Morae.(Spartans had a “legion” like system and each mora had its own emblems. Lambda was a symbol for Lacedemonian troops mainly perioikoi etc..). Extreme detail was my effort and many details may pass undetected for the vast audience but everything is there for a reason (e.g. Spartans fought barefoot when on hoplite phalanx because that seemed to improve stability and when they abandoned their bronze thoraxes they sometimes used their sleeping blankets as a “sausage” around their thorax for extra protection from arrows, or the Athenians liked beards but shorter for military men and longer for civilians or militia while Macedonian-Greeks preferred to be shaved and in this mod they are just like that and many, many more details).
{EXPLANATION NOTE: Some people will wait for me in the corner for the Corinthian helmets of 4 types of Spartan units. I explain myself.I love this look for certain Spartan units and is the only one place I bended (not broken) the history a bit for 3 reasons 1)Kings 300 and Royals wore them for ceremonial reasons sometimes 2) Reserve troops like old guys of 60+ they are fixed in tradition 3)Heroes of Sparta (Mora Skhiritae) They had to step out of the group (in order to be spotted easily for game play reasons) but it was also a symbol of status.}
CHAPTER B GAMEPLAY
Here is the main battleground of this mod.The true reason for its existence. There are changes in 1)unit types, 2)Battle mechanics,3)animations,4)general changes.
Because i have a lot to say for each part i will open a dialogue below.I strongly recoment that you read them all.Yes it takes some time but you will benefit a lot by understanding what feature does what in the game.

Of course there is a DOWNSIDE..There has been so many changes that compatibility drops.I dont know to what other overhauls may be compatible..

By subscribing to this mod you DON'T NEED ANYMORE my historic accurate sparta mod , my 300historicalaccuratesparta mod my Elite and balances enemies mods (both versions or any other mods of the type of blanced recruitment AI or similar ) ,My Medium Hellenistic infantry mod , my historical balanced skirmishers mod.All these are included here and if you have them anyway you may experience conflicts..


THANKS to BIGBADWOLF,CHAMPLOO,MOONHOPLITE (credit goes to him for some animation tables) and DENJERRE for inspiring me with his auxillia mod
CREDIT to BOICOTE for his pikemen start battles with pikes http://gtm.steamproxy.vip/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=204682595
THANKS to SEBIDEE for borrowing the white beards of his druids from his wonderfull Iceni mod
Also if not for the tips and time of ENDER WIGGIN the game would not be balanced..
The thumnail of the mod is from the entrance of the newly found amphipolis tomb.It is estimated arround 500 meters in diameter and the Sphynx symbolize kingship and it is unique in Greek History.Some expect to find there from Olympias ,Roxanne or even the man itself Alexander the Geat.It could be the most importan archaelogical find of our time
I always enjoy feedback.
Cheers to all,
Phalangitis.