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Shogun 2 Enhanced - Dynamic Unit Caps and Unit Progression

This mod aims to diversify the army compositions in game, and to represent the actual evolution of warfare during the Sengoku period while making the least changes as possible. Nothing is done for the sake of historical realism, but rather to differentiate early game and late game combat, which were basically the the same Vanilla. You can click on the submods to see the changes in better detail. All changes are represented in the in-game tooltips (not in the encyclopedia though, that's not moddable through Workshop).

This is the second part of S2E that brings in more considerable changes. While I recommend using both, especially since the first part (or UAI) helps AI to build better armies, the parts do not need each other and can be used separately.

Highlights:
Battles: All unit movement is slowed by %15, engagements also last around ~15% longer. Range of bow units also reduced by %15 to compensate - matchlock range is untouched as they were already too short. Arrows have a slight spread and are slightly less deadly, matchlock ashigaru units are deployed in less rank depth to maximize firepower, this helps the AI considerably.

Costs & Upkeeps: Increased cost and upkeep for Yari Ashigaru to make spamming them less desirable, it was obviously the winning choice before. Cavalry upkeep is reduced 25 koku across the board. Small tweaks to other Ashigaru (Bow, Loansword).

Dynamic Unit Caps: More provinces/dojos you have (and more you develop them), more you can recruit of the relevant units. The caps are very light though, their effects will be most visible in the early game and on smaller clans, by the late game it will be minimal. The main goal is to prevent samurai and navy spam, especially by the one-province minors. All clans have innate unit caps of +1 to each type of samurai and +3 to each ashigaru at the beginning, this allows minors to still field a full stack (except imported matchlocks) even without significant development. On the other hand, hard capped non-hero units like Great Guard can be recruited in larger numbers if you invest in their building chains.

Traditional Samurai Units: Foot Samurai and Mounted Samurai from RotS are added to provide more options early game, using yari rather than sword for 1000% historical authenticity. They can be recruited in any province, but capped to one per province each.

Unit Progression: Yari ashigaru start without pike wall ability, but acquire it through arts (Way of the Spear). Matchlock units can be recruited earlier.

Fixes: Hattori & Tokugawa Kisho Ninja are made better than their peers, not worse. All bow ships gain Flaming Arrows ability, Yari Samurai (and Ronin) gain Spear Square.

Compatibility:
This mod is less compatible than the first part. If you add new units, for example, they will probably be uncapped and may disturb the balance. Some "fixes" introduced by the Unoffical Patch will uncap some units, important fixes regarding units are already included so I don't recommend the Unofficial Patch for now. You'd be better off installing the visual&audio fixes introduced by the UP separately, can found them in my collection above. You can use the submods instead for better compatibility, I may create a submod for dynamic unit caps if there's demand for that.

Credits & Thanks:
I learned modding by studying older mods on Total War Center, TROM3 and S2TR were particularly informative and inspiring. If you're interested in a mod with more profound changes, be sure to check them.

Destin Faroda for S2TR[www.twcenter.net], basically learned how to mod dynamic caps from their mod

If you enjoy this mod, rate it! Rating brings more subscribers and (hopefully) more feedback, which'll lead to better mods. Check my workshop for similar mods that enhance the vanilla game.

You can find an untested version without the traditional samurai units here https://steamhost.cn/steamcommunity_com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2243747604