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Age of Gunpowder
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Age of Gunpowder

Description
The Way of the Bow is over, now is the time for the Way of the Gun to arrive

A mod overhauling the dynamic of the battlefield, creating a more matchlock and spear oriented battlefield over the katanas and bows.

Gone are the Katanas being your best units, now they're your cheap alternatives if you ever need something decent.


General Units
- Most unit sizes have been increased, whether it be from melee or ranged units.


Sword Units
Sword Units have always been your bread and butter in vanilla. Here however, they're just fodder
+ Reduced Upkeep and cost of most sword units
+ No Dachi samurai now given bonus against cavalry
+ Mori Wako Raiders now can be recruited from the get go
- Significantly decreased stats, making them worse than Yari Infantry



Spear Units
The Spear has always been the true master in warfare. This mod seeks to implement that fact
+ Increased Stats all around
+ Yari Samurai are now the proper frontline they are meant to be, while Naginata Samurai are elite Specialists
+ The Long Oda Yari Ashigaru no longer needs an encampment for recruitment
- No Yari Wall for Yari Samurai or Naginata Samurai



Cavalry Units
Cavalry has always been used to break enemies and roam around the battlefield, but their usefulness in the changing tides are long gone
+ Spear Cavalry Stats are increased (Light and Yari)
+ Significantly Increased Charge Bonuses
+ All Cavalry Speed are now equal, and are faster
- Katana Cavalry stats decreased


Bow Units
The Arquebus have been making its way to replace the bow, yet its usefulness has not died down
+ Increased melee stats to make them comparable to katana samurai for bow samurai
+ Heavily buffed reload speed, making them shoot insanely quick
- Same range as matchlocks, who will demolish them


Matchlock Units
The matchlocks have dominated the battlefield throughout Europe, now it has come to Japan to wreck havoc
UNIT TYPES TO RECEIVE THE MOST CHANGES
+ MUCH EASIER TO RECRUIT IN CAMPAIGN NOW, NEEDING ONLY POWDER MAKER FOR SAMURAI, AND STRATEGY OF ATTACK FOR ASHIGARU
+ Stat increases all throughout for the matchlock units
+ All matchlock units have Kneel fire and all ranks fire ability
+ All matchlocks range increased to 150, hero being 200
+ All matchlocks now reload much faster with the exception of heavy gunners being slower
+ Truthfully, you won't need an army composition with this mod, just use matchlocks and maybe some cavalry
- Pretty much breaks the entire balance of the game


Long Yari Samurai
Samurai who have decided to fight in a spear wall formation using their incredibly long spears, none are capable of reaching them
+ Uses Oda Long Yari Ashigaru spears
+ Best used in defensive situations
- Higher upkeep than regular yari samurai
- Vulnerable to missile fire
-Not available to the Ikko Ikki (for now)


Matchlock Ninja
For those who need a job done stealthily, why not bring something of more firepower to get the job done quicker?
+ Kisho Ninja training
+ High reload, accuracy and range
+ Decent charge bonus and melee stats
- Lowest non-hero matchlock unit count
- Low ammo count

Mounted Gunners
Need some guns moving fast? Look no further than mounted gunners
+ Imported from Tokugawa Mounted Gunners
+ Tokugawa Mounted Gunners buffed, while base are slightly nerfed

Bulletproof Samurai
To combat the growing use of gunpowder, Samurai have been outfitted with bulletproof armour
+ Imported from Date bulletproof Samurai
+ Date have an improved version compared to regular

Pistoleers
Armed with Matchlock Pistols, these gunners are capable of firing much faster, but are much more inaccurate and have shorter range
Do not mind Pistoleers use Colts, I do not know how to model unfortunately
+ High Reload Stat
+ Capable of Killing Quickly
- Very Vulnerable
- Lower Range to most Missile Units

Sharpshooter Samurai
These Samurai are trained to be deadly and accurate, shooting in a looser formation to get things done.
+ Higher accuracy
+ Higher range
- Higher upkeep
- Lower unit count than Matchlock Samurai

Nanban Arquebuiser
The Nanbans have decided to give us their aid in our war, provided we help them spread the word of God
+ Unit replaces the Portuguese Tercos, even for Otomo
+ Relatively the same as this mod's Portuguese Tercos
- Higher upkeep and cost than Portuguese Tercos
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21 Jul @ 6:16am
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FearGasDamamask 6 Sep @ 4:01am 
love this mod
ZedeX ツ 27 Aug @ 11:27am 
@Bajiwolf

Okey. Thank you for your quick answer! And as stated earlier! love the mod! keep up the good work!
bajiwolf  [author] 26 Aug @ 7:44pm 
@ZedeX

Hello thank you, this is intentional in a way that Imported Matchlocks are only recruitable from Nanban Trade Port and Otomo matchlocks from any province. I made it this way to incentivise the usage of them for Otomo over their otomo matchlock ashigaru counterpart.

Though European matchlocks aren't necessarily better (unsure), it's for balancing purposes in that you can recruit superior matchlocks in only one province versus inferior matchlocks in any.
ZedeX ツ 26 Aug @ 11:35am 
Love the mod but i noticed that the Otomo matchlocks are just straigt up worse then the imported ones. Sure they are abit cheaper but worse at everything exept moral? suppose to be like this or ?
Thx for a gr8 mod
sally 20 Aug @ 6:37am 
I have been playing this game for more than 9201 hours. Because your mod is very interesting, I have recently continued to play the game. I look forward to your update. Thank you.
bajiwolf  [author] 20 Aug @ 12:23am 
@sally
I have considered making ronin variants for the ikko ikki. I haven't gone working on the mod in a while
sally 19 Aug @ 5:57am 
hello.
Have you considered making a 200 range matchlock unit for the Ikko Ikki?
bajiwolf  [author] 17 Aug @ 12:30am 
@sally
Oh I completely forgot about that, I'll do so right now, thank you
sally 17 Aug @ 12:13am 
hello.The number of No Dachi samurai is still 160, and the number of nuns is 100. Please increase their number, thank you.
taserface1514 5 Aug @ 6:17pm 
Nobunaga would be proud.