Vanilla troops always bothered me. Mainly because infantry hasn't always a shield. In medieval times, shields were the first thing people would buy to protect themselves as it was so effective at doing so. There was two handed users that dealt huge amount of damage in melee. However they were rare and used in conjunction of other infantrymen that used shields to protect them. So seeing the fact that the max tier of some units is without a shield tilts me a lot, especially since bannerlord is supposed to be in medieval times where the plate armors weren't even created.

So in this mod i'm going to redo most of the equipment of basic units with realism and game balance in mind. For now only basic units have been given a shields. For example battanian volunteer were given bad quality swords and shields, compared to their pickaxe/hammer that they have in vanilla. I will look to rework more units in the future, like giving short/bad quality spears to most infantrymen. I don't know if the AI will be able to use it effectively but can't tell without trying.

I do NOT intend to change brigands in any ways. Even if they should probably use low quality shields too, i leave that for some brigands overhaul mod.


Requirement

This mod require you to install Custom Troop Upgrade And Replacer Mod available here. Otherwise it won't work.


Installation

Unzip the file and drop the content in the Modules folder of your bannerlord installation.


List of current changes :
- Recruits and low tier units were given low quality shields.