Hi everyone.
Maybe is just me, but I always dreaded to press "raise all levies" button, especially when playing an empire that stretched from India to Italy, if there were some raiders too soldiers are guaranteed to be lost, etc. Yes, you could raise armies only in unoccupied provinces, but that is just a small QoL. There were also the strategy to let your kings have a single county on your borders, so you can magically summon all their troops there, I know that too.
What I hope to see are 2 things:
1. Wars are not starting the moment you press "Declare war" as they are now.
Instead, use a system not unlike the one used for crusades. You, the aggressor, threaten Kingdom X. For the next 6 months (or other period). you summon your vassals to your banners, and they are pledging themselves to support you (or not). Also your opponent can do the same in this time, and also seek support from his allies, hire mercenaries. etc.
At the end of this period, there is a count of troops available to both parties and you can follow through with your threat. If you have gathered let's say, 70.000 troops and them just 15.000, they can simply back down and give you what you want, without needless slaughter.
2. The way armies are deployed. Instead of having troops marching all over the map, from Italy to your rally point in Antioch or wherever, use a system call "Banners" (or any better name). So when you threaten war, you can deploy the king's banners (much like rally points are now) and when mustering troops, they are ralied there as a background activity, until the war is declared. When the hostilities start, they are marched out as armies with commanders and everything, if no war is happening they are standing down and go back home. But no more armies of 15 people wandering the map
You start with one banner at first, and as your technology progresses (or your rank is higher), you can deploy more banners, to a reasonable maximum. Also no banners without commanders, that would make no sense.
What do you people say? Silly idea?
Maybe is just me, but I always dreaded to press "raise all levies" button, especially when playing an empire that stretched from India to Italy, if there were some raiders too soldiers are guaranteed to be lost, etc. Yes, you could raise armies only in unoccupied provinces, but that is just a small QoL. There were also the strategy to let your kings have a single county on your borders, so you can magically summon all their troops there, I know that too.
What I hope to see are 2 things:
1. Wars are not starting the moment you press "Declare war" as they are now.
Instead, use a system not unlike the one used for crusades. You, the aggressor, threaten Kingdom X. For the next 6 months (or other period). you summon your vassals to your banners, and they are pledging themselves to support you (or not). Also your opponent can do the same in this time, and also seek support from his allies, hire mercenaries. etc.
At the end of this period, there is a count of troops available to both parties and you can follow through with your threat. If you have gathered let's say, 70.000 troops and them just 15.000, they can simply back down and give you what you want, without needless slaughter.
2. The way armies are deployed. Instead of having troops marching all over the map, from Italy to your rally point in Antioch or wherever, use a system call "Banners" (or any better name). So when you threaten war, you can deploy the king's banners (much like rally points are now) and when mustering troops, they are ralied there as a background activity, until the war is declared. When the hostilities start, they are marched out as armies with commanders and everything, if no war is happening they are standing down and go back home. But no more armies of 15 people wandering the map
You start with one banner at first, and as your technology progresses (or your rank is higher), you can deploy more banners, to a reasonable maximum. Also no banners without commanders, that would make no sense.
What do you people say? Silly idea?
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