With the latest changes Men-at-Arms, Special Troops and Mercenaries have travel time. It is now even harder to manage an army then it was on release. Please allow us to raise levies, men-at-arms and mercenaries separately.
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Actually, I want to be able to decide what kind of MaAs to raise. Sometimes, in winter and wars in mountain terrain for example, I might not want to raise my cavalry. In other occasions I might only want archers and siege machines. Please give us that kind of control....it's just common sense....and realistic.With the latest changes Men-at-Arms, Special Troops and Mercenaries have travel time. It is now even harder to manage an army then it was on release. Please allow us to raise levies, men-at-arms and mercenaries separately.
Just to post here that I am in favor of a button to raise only MaA... with a caveat.
I will also bring to the table that thanks to the number of MaA regiments and their maximum size available over the years, after a century or two at most (starting in 869), the players don't care at all for levies anymore - thus this request to only raise MaA - which is in itself a bad design choice.
Much more interesting should have been if both MaA and levies were important until the end of the game, which as things stand now, they aren't by a long shot. So, I'd say that reducing the number of MaA regiments available and their size over time, coupled with a slight increase of the combat ability of levies (and while I never checked, perhaps there is a modifier that can increase levies combat ability by a certain % given by innovations) makes the warfare part of the game much more interesting.
This due to the more limited number of MaA forcing the player to make hard thought choices about what types to be used and the need to continue to field levies until the end of the game as MaA don't rule it all anymore.
before the update i only ever used one rally point and moved it around, now it kinda makes the rally points useful to break apart your army so you can levy smaller armies and your men at arms happen to gather after levies so it is annoying if you are gathering huge armies then having to disband. Now i set up rally points to make things easier. I would like an ability to just raise my men at arms and mercenaries. Whenever I try to raise my mercenaries in the military menu i only ever see the button for extending their contract bt not a button anywhere to raise them. Everything is now through rally points it seems.With the latest changes Men-at-Arms, Special Troops and Mercenaries have travel time. It is now even harder to manage an army then it was on release. Please allow us to raise levies, men-at-arms and mercenaries separately.
Umm, what? Players don't care at all for levies? I think we're playing vastly different games. Even in the 1400s, I wouldn't be able to win a vast majority of wars with only my Men-At-Arms. Not to mention it's a huge waste of money to even try. Are we playing the same game?Just to post here that I am in favor of a button to raise only MaA... with a caveat.
I will also bring to the table that thanks to the number of MaA regiments and their maximum size available over the years, after a century or two at most (starting in 869), the players don't care at all for levies anymore - thus this request to only raise MaA - which is in itself a bad design choice.
Much more interesting should have been if both MaA and levies were important until the end of the game, which as things stand now, they aren't by a long shot. So, I'd say that reducing the number of MaA regiments available and their size over time, coupled with a slight increase of the combat ability of levies (and while I never checked, perhaps there is a modifier that can increase levies combat ability by a certain % given by innovations) makes the warfare part of the game much more interesting.
This due to the more limited number of MaA forcing the player to make hard thought choices about what types to be used and the need to continue to field levies until the end of the game as MaA don't rule it all anymore.
Yes, we are playing the same vanilla game (mine has been changed to suit my tastes, downplaying the value of knights and upgrading the value of levies) .Umm, what? Players don't care at all for levies? I think we're playing vastly different games. Even in the 1400s, I wouldn't be able to win a vast majority of wars with only my Men-At-Arms. Not to mention it's a huge waste of money to even try. Are we playing the same game?
agreed, I usually only raise levies for occasional rebellion or raid in case my maa are far awayYes, we are playing the same vanilla game (mine has been changed to suit my tastes, downplaying the value of knights and upgrading the value of levies) .
It all depends on the buffs your Maa and knights have. If you play moderately min/maxing the mechanics those Maa and the Knights eclipse the value of the levies.
So what you're saying is you can win entire wars against equal powers with little-to-no levies? Yea, no, doubt it. Unless you're one of those people who collect every single military buff and never switches off of military focus tree. But then it's not a problem of the Men-at-Arms.Yes, we are playing the same vanilla game (mine has been changed to suit my tastes, downplaying the value of knights and upgrading the value of levies) .
It all depends on the buffs your MaA and knights have. If you play moderately min/maxing the mechanics those MaA and the Knights eclipse the value of the levies.
So what you're saying is you can win entire wars against equal powers with little-to-no levies? Yea, no, doubt it. Unless you're one of those people who collect every single military buff and never switches off of military focus tree. But then it's not a problem of the Men-at-Arms.