#TOTAL WAR SAGA THRONES OF BRITANNIA SERIES#

Once the Miercian treasury reaches certain thresholds, the King can spread his ample supply of wealth between different parties to gain their favour, and bonuses for their campaign. The King of Mierce will also have to manage the ample gold supply that his faction accrues over the course of their campaign. All units in Mierce’s armies will receive a morale bonus from their generals, provided he is still alive. Without the benefit of a coastal border, they will be beset on all sides by potential enemies. The Kingdom of Mierce is situated north of West Seaxe on the border of England and Wales.

#TOTAL WAR SAGA THRONES OF BRITANNIA SERIES#

The members of the Witan will provide a series of choices for the player to select from concerning the management of the kingdom over the next few turns, each with their own positive and negative effects. Although lead by the famous King Alfred, players will also have to manage the Witan An Anglo-Saxon council summoned by the King to discuss progress in the nation and proposals for West Seaxe’s future. The generals of West Seaxe are well trained and will earn XP each turn, even when idle. You can view the amount of tribute they are sending you each turn via the summary tab in your economic overview. Your vassals are sworn allies and will always join you in battle. The Kingdom of West Seaxe controls the southern coast of both England and Wales through its own occupation and the many smaller kingdoms that swear vassalage to them. On the battlefield the English Kingdoms have strong armoured swordsmen and spear infantry at their disposal and can field impressive cavalry in late game battles. On top of this, all English military commanders have a larger aura on the battlefield and their soldiers will gain a melee attack bonus when fighting battles as the defender. You’ll need to be careful not to recruit more than your limit into your armies, as you may begin to throttle your food production. These fyrdmen limit the amount of levy units that are available to recruit based on the number of settlements players control on the campaign map. The English Kingdoms will enjoy the benefits of the Fyrd, part-time soldiers pledged to leave their farms for military service each year. After decades of Viking raids, the Kingdoms of West Seaxe and Mierce are ready to reclaim the lands of England under their own banners, and they won’t hesitate to destroy each other to make that happen. The English Kingdoms of Britannia inhabit the Southern most lands of the British Isles. So, you can now define Guard Mode, Skirmish Mode, Always-Run and Group-Locking as on or off by default.Ī whole host of new maps have been made for Thrones of Britannia, including a lot less 'hard collisions' and a lot more 'soft collisions', meaning armies will be able to move through towns much more fluidly and fighting in the streets will be less confined to narrow corridors. As a small quality of life improvement, we’re also adding optional default settings for various unit states.

Guard mode makes a welcome return for Thrones, and maintains the functionality that makes it ideal for holding ground and not pursuing routers. This means you’ll now see the occasional solder buckle to the ground when charged or under a hail of arrows, as he’s dispatched by a particularly vicious blow. Now, impacts from both melee and missile attacks have a chance of dealing a critical blow, delivering 10 times their usual damage. Thrones will introduce a new critical hit chance for Battle that reproduces the ‘arrow in the eye’ effect. We’ve actually increased cavalry spacing in Thrones of Brittania, which promotes more realistic cavalry combat, as horses pass through gaps in the opposing unit and cycle round to clash again. Of course, this means you’ll have to be very choosy about where to point your cavalry – either at unshielded targets, or maneuvering them into positions where they can play hammer to your shield-wall’s anvil.Ĭavalry versus cavalry is a different ball-game. You’ll see them rear up before slowly advancing into close-quarters combat, negating any bonuses from impact. To complement this, all units with shields now have the Charge Reflect attribute, which means that if they’re stationary and braced when charged by cavalry, the horses will refuse the charge. We’ve also reduced infantry charge distances, as the short, sharp clashing of swords and shields makes combat feel faithful to this intimately intense combat style. To reflect this style of warfare, we’ve reduced the distance between soldiers in many units, with dense blocks of tightly-packed soldiers. It’s the tactic with which Alfred beat the Great Viking Army at the battle of Edington, and remained predominant across battlefields of the era.

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