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Closer to Army Books : A Soft Infantry Overhaul

Thought as an extension of my "Empire Infantry tweaks" mod, "Closer to Army Books" aims to give the same treatment the Empire received to all the factions of the game : give the various Infantry units of the game the role they had in the Tabletop Game and their respective Lore while also trying to remain faithful to the Base Game balance.

Sword (and other hand weapons) & Shield Units
These units have been repurposed to become Line Holders, they, alongside Shielded Spearmen units, usually have the best melee defense of your roster. While having more melee attack and HP than spearmen (giving them the edge in an infantry fight) they generally suffer from a lack of specialised(Armour-piercing, anti-infantry, anti-large) damage.

Shielded Spearmen and Shielded Halberdiers
With a very few exceptions they remain largely unchanged compared to their vanilla counterpart, boasting a great Melee defense and anti large-damage but a lack of melee attack which leaves them vulnerable to Sword & Shield units as well as Dual Wielders and Two-Handers.

Shieldless Halberdiers
They have been repurposed from line holders to a versatile shock infantry, they are more vulnerable in melee than in vanilla (their defense remains superior to two handers and dual wielders, albeit with a thin margin). But their damage and charge bonus have been increased drastically to compensate. They will do good damage on impact but will tend to lose momentum quickly, especially against Dual Wielders & Two Hander units.

Dual wielders & Two hander units
They too are largely unchanged compared to vanilla, boasting a high melee attack they often have armour-piercing and anti-infantry damage but otherwise suffer from a lack of melee defense and shields.

Recruitment conditions, costs and upkeep
To compensate for their newfound strenghts and/or weaknesses, the most impacted units of each roster have received changes to their recruitment and upkeep costs, and for the more extreme cases, to their recruitment conditions as well.


This mod contains changes to the infantry units for the following factions :
-Beastmen
-Brettonnia
-Dark Elves
-Dwarfs
-The Empire
-The Warriors of Chaos and the human elements of each Chaos God
-Norsca
-Grand Cathay
-Tomb Kings
-Vampire Counts
-Lizardmen
-Skavens
-High elves
-Kislev
-Vampire Coast
-Greenskins
-Chaos Dwarfs
As well as some units from the Ogre kingdoms and the Wood elves.

This mod isn't compatible with other Overhauls or mods modifying vanilla unit stats.

-The "Spearwall" Icon comes from Cataph's Southern Realm mod. Shoutout to him for allowing me to use it.

As always your feedback is more than welcome to help improve the mod, if some units feel too weak and too strong in your opinion, or if you simply wish to share your opinion don't hesitate to leave a comment.