Good to hear. Waiting for the news then

Im back into EU4 and working on a"big" new mod - updating and incorporating this mod ...anyway looks like we are getting a shiny new mercenary mechanic in the next expansion soo ...

Will you please update it? I'd be soooo damn happy

@Aaronthelemon - in the mod Harder Snowballing (linked above) I have merged THIS together with some other work to give what I think is a good combination.

@Aaronthelemon - I have just confirmed it works for me, and just to make sure reuploaded it to make sure we have the same version. This mod does everything through the Instutions-file, so if you run it with other mods which alter these you will have issues.

I tried with my normal set of mods, one of which effects tech spreading. (to which i assumed may be the issue.)
However I tried with 0 mods on and still didnt seem to get it to work.

@Aaronthelemon - I will test when I get home, but it has worked for me before. Are you running it with any other mods?

I can't seem to get this mod to work.

@Xarmydude2X - thanks to be honest I havent really playtested this, its more like an idea I wanted to float. I feel like that unless your current meta is to rely HEAVILY on mercs, then this will be boost ...having +5 discipline for 100yrs and up to +7.5% if you take the merc age bonus is a significant boost and remember that vanilla for most smaller nations they can actually MORE than fill up their entire army with mercs so the pool being nerfed by 50% is not that big a deal. (low professionalism gives +25%) - would love to hear how you experience it in a game /cheers

@Boehm
Just wanted to say i prefer this idea, id personally like them to make the merc system more like CK2 where nations have to actually support merc groups with a fraction of their manpower so when others higher the mercs they arnt just an infinite manpool that never seems to end. This idea is awesome though, i like the idea that as time moves forward and you get a more professional army you need to rely less and less on the mercs.

Guess people dont like this idea :) just imagine mercenaries with +7.5 discipline in the age of Reformation ...its not THAT bad is it? btw. this BETA ... I hardly playtested this at all, just thought I would throw the idea out there and see what people think /cheers