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Longer & Dynamic Battles

UPDATED AND FULLY COMPATIBLE WITH THE NORSCA UPDATE! ALL CHANGES INCORPORATED!

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My mod slows down battles quite a bit. Melee engagements take at least one third longer than before and are more enjoyable to watch and play (in my opinion).
I think ive found a good spot where combat is slow enough to enjoy but not too slow to have a negative impact on overall balance and to cripple the performance of your expensive Shock Cavalry and monstrous troops.

MELEE is slowed down by 33% and so engagements last quite a bit longer, therefore every other mechanic was adjusted to this new battlespeed.

All BUFFS AND DEBUFFS (Including Items and Magic) got an active time increase by 33% so that they dont lose their impact on the battle.

Same goes for CHARGE BONUS which also got an increased duration of 33% so that your shock troops perform exactly the same as in vanilla.

FATIGUE was adjusted to the longer battle duration.

Also MISSILE UNITS have been changed a bit to prevent them from being overly effective.

I´ve tried to keep everything as vanilla as possible while making the battles quite a bit longer and after a lot of testing and many many changes (as you can see above, almost 200 changes^^) i can assure you everything still performs the same way as in vanilla.

Besides the few changes i listed below I have not altered any unit stats in particular and so vanilla balance is still pretty much intact.

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-------- What this mod is doing in particular --------
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--- reducing the melee hit chance globally and increasing attack interval, so melee engagements last longer.

--- missile units lose more of their reload rate over time so that they are not more effective as they´re supposed to (because of the melee slowdown.)

--- army destruction penalty was decreased from -120 to -28 to make the battle outcome a bit more dynamic

--- recent casualties morale penalties have been lowered slightly so that units fight longer, return easier and are more viable(especially goblins and other low-leadership units) therefore other factors are increased slightly.

--- ALL units will be slowed down when moving through water, except ethereal units. Cavalry was not affected by water before. Also the movement speed penalty is higher than before to increase the importance of terrain features.

--- reworking fatigue. morale-fatigue effects are not as drastic as in vanilla anymore. Units recover a quicker though. Also fatigue does not affect the effectiveness of a units armor anymore. (which was stupid anyways...)

--- increasing the time it takes until units are exhausted to compensate for the longer battles.

--- Increased the time the charge bonus is applied to adjust to the longer battle time and so that cavalry is still effective

--- the crumbling effect for all raised units has been slowed by 33% so that they dont become weaker because of the prolonged combat

--- lowered the morale buffs the AI gets on higher diffculties (in battle)

--- increasing max camera distance from your own forces (on legendary) from 200m to 500m

--- large units have a bigger penalty for fighting in forests now (only 80% Melee Attack & 70% Speed)

--- BUFFS / DEBUFFS are basically exactly the same although i have increased the active time by 33% for all of them except healing spells and direct damage spells.

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--- the hellstorm rocket battery does more damage now. One Rocket deals almost as much damage as a mortar shell. Its now at least somewhat useful for its expensive recruitment and upkeep cost.

--- Decreased the AP damage of the Doomdiver Catapult, because it almost always hits and does more than enough damage already. And it can fire into melee engagement reliably so its still very very powerful but not as ridiculous as before...

--- Goblin fanatics do more damage and are active longer.


#### COMPATIBILITY ####
This mod is incompatible with Radious and probably every other combat-mod.


I recommend playing this mod with my Magic Rebalance mod! It makes certain spells (e.g. searing doom and vortex in genereal) a lot more useful! You´ll find it here.
https://steamhost.cn/steamcommunity_com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=852618066


Would be nice if you could rate the mod and leave some comments, so that i can improve it with your feedback. Thanks!