Some factions have script for settlements that don't belong to them at start of campaign.

Once it triggers for a settlement there's 10 turn timer before it can trigger again. Once I generated a list of which faction would spawn what kind of units where, it was actually decent. I'm not convinced this is a great idea - I hated it when I didn't know where garrisons are going to happen and how big. That allows player to really easily destroy all factions.Īs AI isn't really fixable, to counter that, a lot of mods add garrison script which spawn a lot of troops when garrison is besieged. Unlike later Total War games, Medieval 2 settlements have no automatic garrison, and AI often leaves them with minimal defences. On any difficulty levels, if it goes into severe enough debt, it gets a lot of money to get it out of debt. I never liked that part of the game, and I wished they toned it down.ĪI gets a lot of free money on hard and very hard. Pope is as bitchy as ever, and due to a lot fewer rebels, he's going to be excommunicating people left and right a lot more than in vanilla. On the other hand, a lot of castle units get free upkeep as long as they're castle garrison. Theres a lot of cool mobs, and boss mobs to. Units provided by buildings are a lot different - high tier building no longer allow recruitment of low tier units, possibly to help AI or to clean up the UI.Ĭastles are massively nerfed because base castle buildings no longer provide any recruitment options, and you actually need to build stables and barracks (which also build really slowly). I tried to include as many medieval/fantasy mods as possible - and focus on player exploration and survival. There are a lot fewer rebel settlements, and they tend to have a lot bigger garrison, so you can't just grab enormous areas of land without any opposition during your first few turns. Medieval 2 is very easy for experienced player, so the mod does a few things to make it more difficult. Hanseatic League and potential Lithuania conversion events from Teutonic campaign are in the game. The mod brings in extra units from Kingdoms campaign, like Mangonel, which is the only pre-gunpowder artillery unit worth using in battles.įorts are now permanent stone buildings, and cost a lot more money.

Norway from Britannia and Teutonic campaignįor reasons I don't understand, Portugal is no longer a playable faction.

Mongols from Teutonic campaign (they're in vanilla as unplayable horde).

The idea behind Kingdoms Grand Campaign Mod is taking content from minicampaigns from Kingdoms expansion pack, and integrating them into one big campaign.Ĭampaign map is adjusted somewhat, and in addition to vanilla factions, you get: One of the great things about it is abundance of mods, and this post is about one such mod. For Medieval II: Total War on the PC, a GameFAQs message board topic titled Whats the best overhaul mod for this Brutally AWESOME Medieval 2 Total War MOD GOD I love PC gaming The mod you showed here is weak sauce, combiing a good 50+ mods to mae Oblivion probably. Medieval 2, released back in 2006, was the peak of Total War series. Best Medieval Total War 2 Mods 1 Best Medieval Total War 2 Mods 1.

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