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IMMERSIVE Army Gold Upkeep, Rebalanced Food Upkeep & Rebalanced Worker Cost

Do you think your armies deserve pay for sacrificing their lives for your kingdom? Well look no further! Soldiers now earn gold for being conscripted into the army!

This mod is for immersion purposes. Armies now require gold upkeep, not just mercenaries. They require both food and gold now to be happy. Using Knights 5 Gold Upkeep as a base for wages. Mercenaries earn double the gold now since they dont require you to feed them.

Militia = 1 Gold Upkeep
Light Units = 2 Gold Upkeep
Light Calvary Units = 3 Gold Upkeep
Heavy Units = 3 Gold Upkeep
Heavy Calvary Units = 4 Gold Upkeep
Special Units = 4 Gold Upkeep
Special Calvary Units = 5 Gold Upkeep

Food Upkeep has been readjusted.

Non Calvary Units = 1 Food
Calvary Units = 2 Food
Special Units = 3 Food
Special Calvary Units = 4 Food

Worker Cost has been readjusted.

Non Calvary Units = 1 Worker
Calvary Units = 2 Worker
Special Units = 3 Worker
Special Calvary Units = 4 Worker

Varangian Guards are a unique exception. They cost no workers and no food upkeep, only gold upkeep. But because of this they require double the gold upkeep of normal Special Units.

Peasants are also a unique exception. They only cost food upkeep and no gold upkeep. But because of this they require double the food of normal Militia units.

UPDATE 1, Changes:

Adjusted the GOLD cost of hiring mercenaries to be the same as levied soldiers. GOLD upkeep remains doubled for mercenaries. I just thought it was absurd that I was paying TRIPLE or even QUADRUPLE the amount of GOLD upfront for hiring their services. Paying 9k GOLD for one single mercenary camp was a little toooooo much in my opinion. Expect the AI to benefit from this aswell.

UPDATE 2, Changes:

ALL NON Calvary Units = 1 Worker (Person)
ALL Calvary Units = 2 Workers (Person + Horse)
Reduced the cost in Levies by 50% (Manpower)

PS, I am the original author. I'm currently working on updating my mods and bringing them over to steamworkshop.