I had an idea for a game type that i thought would be interesting. Forgive me if somone already poted an idea like this or it already exists, but i looked around and couldn't find anything like it. I'm no modder by any means so im just throwing the idea out there because in concept it seems like it would be pretty simple to do.
First off i really like the balancing in the mercenaries mod and that is kind of what made me think of this. I feel like from a realistic standpoint a kingdom would not send out all of their best knights and vanguards on to the front lines. It would be really cool if thats something you had to work up to by a certain amount of kills or points that you rack up on the battlefield. Everyone starts as men at arms or archers until you can show your skill in the fight and only then can you reap your glory and be promoted or knighted.
Taking it a little further you could do a kill the king type thing with it. Not only can you be knighted but kinged. If you happen to be the one on either team that reaches a certain kill or point level, much like the TO maps that are vanilla. Although even if one team already has a king the other team can still king someone if they reach that prowess in battle. Basically the game would go until one king or the other falls. I feel like this would be cool on some kind of dual castle map with barricades and all that jazz.
I understand that that would be alot to do, and im not actually asking anyone to do it, im just throwing the idea out there for anyone that might want to go further with it than i have the ability to.