Nipponese Armies

[unmerged(1457)]

I had to tweak this in order for the leader to start in the capital. It looks like the leader always goes with the largest army so I made the imperial army tied for largest in size (is that right?). You will STILL get attrition with this setup unless you upgrade all forts to level 3. Now, I realize why when you encounter Nippon they have a cavalry-only army - their army attrited away 400,000 Infantry!!! Perhaps the upgraded forts aren't needed to make these nations harder to conquer (or perhaps just increase their level by 1) if their armies start spread out - the AI doesn't seem to know about attrition and both Chinese and Nipponese armies waste away before the Europeans arrive. On another note, I've seen far too many Chinese annexations of the new IGC nations - perhaps they should have increased forts too...

landunit = {
id = { type = 9423 id = 2010 }
name = 'Hokkaido Army'
location = 683
infantry = 40000
cavalry = 25000
artillery = 0
}
landunit = {
id = { type = 9423 id = 2011 }
name = 'Sendai Army'
location = 684
infantry = 50000
cavalry = 40000
artillery = 0
}
landunit = {
id = { type = 9423 id = 2012 }
name = 'Imperial Army'
location = 685
infantry = 80000
cavalry = 30000
artillery = 50
}
landunit = {
id = { type = 9423 id = 2013 }
name = 'Honshu Army'
location = 686
infantry = 80000
cavalry = 35000
artillery = 0
}
landunit = {
id = { type = 9423 id = 2014 }
name = 'Shikoku Army'
location = 687
infantry = 65000
cavalry = 40000
artillery = 0
}
landunit = {
id = { type = 9423 id = 2015 }
name = 'Kyushu Army'
location = 688
infantry = 85000
cavalry = 30000
artillery = 0
}

 

[Hartmann]

Thanks, I would have used this suggestions, but I already implemented quite similar changes (for Chinese also).

Hartmann

 

[BiB]

Just wondering, won't the enormous upkeep costs hinder their research ?

 

[Dark Knight]

Is this a problem? I thought they were progressing too quickly relative to Europe as it was.

 

[BiB]

I wasn't under the impression they advanced too fast.

More likely that they are too easy to conquer and bigger forts will be a lot more helpful in stopping that than more armies. Plenty of human players can annex countries without ever really fighting the army. And they get that army as a bonus in the end to top it of.

 

[unmerged(1457)]

For Nippon though, won't those 90K+ armies stay put in their provinces? Landing an invasion force should be tougher no? The other option is to reduce the troop cost, but then these nations might make wonderful allies. I think better forts are the way to go. As you can tell in the late game, those Mighty forts set the political geography in place - which is exactly the historical representation you'd want with China/Japan. Now, what level of forts would be best?

 

[BiB]

It could work for Japan as they have few provinces but unless u give China a Red Army avant-la-lettre that won't work for them. Forts inderdeed. Human players should be discouraged from attacking them.

 

[unmerged(1457)]

Right, China is much more active in the IGC - going after Dai Vet and all; not sure if they do it diplomatically or militarily (they'd be more prone to leaving the provinces undefended). If militarily I think Hanoi should be fortified more. I bet Japan's armies will stay put unless they go to war with China. I also think that Thailand/Dai Vet could have their forts increased a little too - not familiar with the history of this region...