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Terminus of the Silk Road (Updated 3.3)

-Compatibility-

CKII version 3.3 - updated 10/19/2019
Mod version 2.0 - updated 11/06/2019
Horse Lords DLC - Required
Jade Dragon DLC - Recommended
Not Compatible with Ironman Achievements


-Features-

1. The Silk Road's original five ending routes has been extended to all end in Constantinople.
2. Several counties in Anatolia, Greece, and Thracia have been designated as important trading centers, enabling the construction of Silk Road trading posts.
3. Greek localization of feudal and republican titles.
4. Byzantine cultural tactic "Embolon Charge Formation" has been revamped.
5. Horse Archers has been fixed.


-Summary-

Constantinople, along with it's many other epitaphs, has been called the "Terminus of the Silk Road" due to its location at the end of the Silk Road. Whoever owned the City of World's Desire was certain to become rich beyond measure due to its status as the gateway to European trade. It was unfortunate that Paradox didn't extend the silk road to Constantinople.

Therefore, I took it on myself to correct this slight, and so the five routes from the ends of the Silk Road all end in the New Rome. In addition, both several counties in the de-jure kingdoms of Greece, Thracia, and Anatolia have been designated as important trade centers, so that those who own those provinces can create trade posts.

Furthermore, I have taken a page from HIP, and added Greek localization to titles held by Greek characters, lining it up with the Latin localization of title that you would get had you converted to the Roman culture. In addition, kingdoms held by Greek characters that are not viceroyalties are called despotates.

The Byzantine cultural tactic has been completely revamped, with the tactic now causing damage to both heavy infantry and pikeman, while becoming vulnerable to charges. Horse Archers are given much better representation in the tactic damage modifiers, while light cavalry has been relegated to a distant third. This gives the Byzantine cultural tactic a much needed unique identity as an anti-infantry tactic, and not an inferior version of the couched lance charge.

In addition, a fix to the horse archers has been applied, ensuring that flanks with horse archers and little to no light cavalry, like the Cataphract retinue, do not fire harass tactics. The damage multiplies on swarm tactics has been increased, allowing the horse archer to deal more damage than light cavalry, but not as much as camels.


-Known Bugs and Issues-
No bugs or issues have been reported.


-Credits-
redtide - author of Adjustments to Combat Tactics


-Future Updates-
N/A