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Think&Act - Slower Battles

Are you tired of molesting innocent Stop and Slow time buttons? Do you weep manly tears when all those war preparations go into waste on 5-minute hack'n'slash fest? Unsatisfied in any other way about the current state of battle system?

I might have something you'd like to try out.

I greet you all to Think&Act mod - my humble creation which aims to tweak vanilla battle system by slowing combat and rebalancing some of its rules, providing more tactical feel to the game.

Say goodbye to arcade battles lasting 3 minutes - this mod gives you more time to admire (and to think!) glorious Warhammer battles, as well as providing changes in core game balance to make up for arcade'y feel of the vanilla battle system. It works well with AI, but was also made with multiplayer in mind, so expect competent enough balancing, which is supported by a small group of game testers.

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{ Overall changes in battle system }
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UNITS:
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» All units with shields received major Melee Defence buff, now serving as a proper main line defence - they won't slaughter each other in a matter of moments anymore, and will provide a few crucial moments to try and outmaneuver your oponent.
» Spear and Double-Handed units had both slightly icreased Attack and Melee defence - they'll still serve their role just as they did, for the most part.
» Artillery operators and range-orientated units are little bit better with everything, so that they won't be slaughtered in seconds anymore - yet still won't pose challange to melee-orientated units.
» Monster units are more durable now, with both better armor and melee defence values - and an additional 10% missile resistance for smaller units (e.g. Crypt Horrors), and 25% for the big ones (e.g. Giants).
» Anti-large units are provided with better bonus vs. large to compensate for Monster defence buffs.
» All infantry units got themselves 10% physical damage resistance - it makes them just this little more durable to keep up the pace with all the changes.
» Cavalry becomes the real "glass hammer" - it's much better at dealing damage, but is also much more exposed to taking damage in prolonged melee brawls.
» Lords and Heroes are mostly unchanged - at least for now.
» The mod doesn't (and probably won't) change movement speed of any unit, so don't worry about potential lead-boot syndrome

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RANGED COMBAT:
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» Most ranged units were provided with slightly more powerful damage-per-volley.
» At the same they their reload times are longer.
» More personalized projectiles - bullets will be more powerful but slower to reload than arrows/bolts, some artillery pieces now have major damage bonus vs. large.

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FATIGUE SYSTEM:
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» Units take more time to tire themselves, but also rest at a slower rate.
» Tired units fight less efficiently, but their defence stays almost the same. (In vanilla, tired units received major de-buffs even to their armor value)
» Cavalry and skirmish units are quicker to tire than infantry.
» Very tired units move much slower.

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MORALE SYSTEM:
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» As a overall rule, units morale is dropping at a slower rate, while climbing at faster, forcing units to stay in the fight longer.
» Units will receive more punishement before routing, but even after that it's not game over for them - they are more likely to rally, and it takes them less time.
» In siege battles, defending army receives a significal buff to morale, as long as they are holding the Plaza and Walls.
» No morale statistics were changed for any of the units.

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Is it a perfect mod? Of course not, you silly. But we are getting there! Well, I will at least try, but I need feedback. So after you have a few matches, don't be shy and write something down - I'll really appreciate it!

As for now, the mod is not very cheesy-proof - mass spaming cav or ranged will make little difference to vanilla battle time. As a general rule, your tactics are the main leverage for usefuless of this mod.

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Current problems:
» Mod doesn't change anything from The Lord and the Warlord DLC - changing anything from these files simply crashes whole game. Still looking for solution.

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Compatibility disclaimer:
This mod operates on files linked only to battle system.
It will work with any mod for campaign, ui, graphic, and else.
It will also work with mods changing rules in siege battles - I don't plan changing anything in them.
It will not work with any other mod that changes battle rules files, such as Radious Mod, or Proper Combat Mod.

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Current version - 0.3