Hi all!! A few weeks ago I asked here how you wanted your infantry to fight ( old post ). The top answer by far was "make them hold the line", so that's what I built. It was called Better Infantry AI back then, now it's Hold the Line , and it's out as a beta. Available in Nexus Mods. What it does: No more moshpit: soldiers keep their place in the line and step in and back a little instead of turning into one big blob. AI formations that make contact switch to a charge, so both sides fight the same way. Shields in the front rank: shield and spear first, then other shields, then spears and pikes, then everyone else. Works in shield walls too. No more falxmen eating javelins and arrows in the front while the shield guys wait in the back. Rear ranks fight with spears: the second rank thrusts past the guy in front instead of hitting their back and getting stunned. AI spearmen also keep the spear out more instead of always pulling the sidearm. Deep format...
I joined the Rhodoks, and at first we were on track to conquering the entire map. But then we took over Tihr, and every single Rhodok lord decided running around the single fief we hold in Nord territory and fighting Nords and Sea Raiders all day (and from what I've seen, losing) was a good idea. Oh, and we're also at war with all, but the desert people. I haven't seen a single Rhodok lord anywhere near our territory in Swadia, the mountains, or the desert. Only near the sea, running around Tihr. So, there is nobody to patrol the rest of our territory, except me. All of our villages are getting raided, with nobody coming to stop them, except me. Our castles are constantly under siege, with nobody there to defend them, except me and the small garrison put to defend it. I was eventually defeated defending against 800 enemies and lost my army and companions, then was chased down by two enemies, and was recaptured and the lost the soliders I had just hired. Is there anything...