Age of Wonders 4

Age of Wonders 4

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Retinue Mod - Archon Prophecy Update
   
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26 May, 2024 @ 3:00pm
5 Sep @ 6:05pm
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Retinue Mod - Archon Prophecy Update

Description
[Mod by Bagas/Coll1, I (Maal) simply uploaded it to the workshop in his stead]

Description

The Retinue Mod adds several new Leader skills that auto spawn free low tier units at the start of every battle, the mod's goal is to somehow increasing the overall amount of units per battle and "break" the 6 unit stack limit.

Initially it used as a test for my "I like BIG Battles" series of mods, but it turned to be pretty fun to play with, so i decided to post it here as well.

It is possible to also include these skills on every hero, but the battles were getting pretty crazy with that many units, so the mod was toned down to only work on the Faction Leader.

All that said, this version of the mod is focused on role-play, these skills will change your game pretty drastically, so please use your judgment on how you want to play with them, also, if you like the concept and want to include it in a better way to the current game, feel free to take over the idea and make your own version.

Additional Notes

• Sometimes these units will die during spawn if there is not enough free terrain nearby.

• The skill cost 0 points to force the AI to pick it as soon as possible, this also means that the AI will be more competitive and clear better from turn 0, use your own judgment for when to pick them as well.

• This mod is made full compatible with my other mod, "Culture Unit Makeover Thematic Add-on", meaning, these free units will use the Faction Outfits picked in there. Mod linked in here: https://gtm.steamproxy.vip/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=3076927649

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This mod is a proof of concept to try and "break" the hard-coded 6 stack limits using non-standard ways to get free units during battle.

Part of the "I like BIG Battles" series, with "Mercenary Mod" and "Levies Mod".

Take a look at the other ones here:

Mercenary - https://gtm.steamproxy.vip/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=3255219227

Levies - https://gtm.steamproxy.vip/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=3261222193
20 Comments
Comrade Kibbles 7 Sep @ 8:47am 
fun mod but it seems to have broken my game. crash to desktop every time now :(
Grathocke 24 Aug @ 9:31pm 
I just checked it out and it was working correctly.
Grathocke 24 Aug @ 8:59pm 
I've noticed that when I am the Architects and select the 3 archers that what appears are some micro mini guys that are near impossible to see. I'll check and see if it's still the case.
Pai de 5  [author] 24 Aug @ 6:29pm 
Update is live and here are the notes:

Expanded functionality for Architect.
Fixed some modularity bugs.

QA:

@DJ OtterPop it just randomizes the units you get, this was made so the AI could select one option. (They don't know how to deal with 0 cost skills very well)
SD Corp 20 Jul @ 10:08pm 
My battle keeps having a stroke every time these guys spawn in, is it not up to date?
DJ OtterPop 3 Jul @ 6:52pm 
I'm still confused about what "Retinue of the Godir" actually does? It just seems to be random units from any and all cultures. Would it not make more sense for it to be of the leader's culture?
EnumaEllis 3 Apr @ 7:03pm 
Yay!
Maal  [author] 3 Apr @ 5:50pm 
Bagas is checking the mods out, he's fixing and testing all of his mods simultaneously so it should be done by around this week-end.
Captain Rex 3 Apr @ 4:41pm 
Is it working with the latest update?
EnumaEllis 22 Jan @ 3:21pm 
What files does this mod edits? Because it's causing an immediate crash in my campaign.