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Roman Pilum

23/10/2014 Another update! Now post marian roman legions can now fire two types of pila, the default type is more like a deadly javelin, with high damage and a range of 80. The other type, the heavy shot, has a much lower damage, and shorter range of 60, because it's heavy! And it takes longer to fire, again cos it's heavy. But the second type will significantly lower enemy unit melee defence by a factor of half !

Historially, I think the roman legeions carried two types of pila, one for shooting down enemy, the other heavy type to ruin enemy shields and make them defenceless, this update aims to simulate this! And legion ammo is very limited, so economise!

I suggest shooting down some enemy with the default first, then switch to heavy as they get closer, and rememeber to swith off heavy shot once in melee! First of all, because heavy shot has a minimum range, and also more importantly, friendly fire is bad, you don't want your own unit melee defence be halved X(

So feel free to give me some feed back on this update!


21/10/2014 I have updated this mod, now enemies hit by pilum will have a temporary melee attack and defence penalty, be aware of friendly fire though. This is just a test, tell me if you like this effect being added :)



This is really a personal mod, in fact, if there is any error, please don't hesitate to leave a note here, I'll be happy to improve it!

So, what this mod does:
1) The roman legions can now fire at will !
2) The range of roman pilum has been increased, for professional legions, the range matches that of normal javelin throwing unit of 80. The hastati has a shorter range of 60. Their ammo is also increased, I think the Roman army should be better supplied !
3) The roman pilum has a shock wave effect now, to reflect the fact that the pilum can knock out some enemy shields, and halt enemy charge, you can probably get three volleys into enemy ranks before engaging them in melee.
4) Once in melee, the professional legions now have the special ability of killing spree ( Hastatis and Principals don't have that), this special ability has also been greatly enhanced, weapon damage doubled for nearly one minute, and in that one minute, the Romans would be stabbing their gladius like crazy! Before they get tired.
5) In attacking testudo formation, I increased the shield block chance to 50 ! And unless my legions are being shot from the side or rear, they are pretty safe behind their shields.

6) Micellaneous: The accuracy and ammo for Roman siege engines are also greatly increased, after all, I think the Romans are really famous for their seige engines. BY the way, the accuracy for legions is now extremely high, so pilum kills.

And because this is a personal mod, so if you find anything you don't like, I'd be happy to change it, for example you may find the Roman army way too powerful now.

You can also change it for yourself ! In my mod you can find all the relevant tables for modifying missile projectiles, special abilities etc. Again, I am not an expert in modding, so if you know of better ways of making a mod like this, it would be great to post it to me.

7) Lastly compatibility: I am playing this mod with a lot of other mods, like 4turns per year, diplomacy lubricants, amazon reskin for steppe units, and a reskin for spartans as well. They are all compatible. In fact, I think so long as it is not an overhaul mod for ROMAN UNITS, it should be compatible. if you are using an overhaul for Roman units, you can find the relevant tables in that mod and change it accordingly to achieve the same effect of firing at will, etc.

Again, If you don't like my mod, help me improve it, thank you! Enjoy throwing Roman pila !