Who likes national armies? (an idea for dom3)
Well I do like large armies. A lot. Armies clashing with 100s of troops each are fun to watch.
I like national troops too, they give each nation a unique feeling.
One thing I don�t like is recruiting national troops. It�s tedious. Mindlessly clicking 100+ times to get your army is not fun.
So here is my idea: make every nation work like ae/sg ermor. Every turn you get some freespawn militia/slingers other crap indie troops in unfortified provinces depending on your resource rating. In your fortified provinces you get your national troops, again depending on your resource rating. Some basic leaders should spawn as well.
Of course you would not get as many troops as SG/AE ermor gets.
Of course you would have to rework how upkeep works, free troops should not cost upkeep. Perhaps you should get rid of upkeep for all troops.
Then there could be the problem of hoarding and getting unsiegeable forts due to your masses of troops, but dom3s aging system in addition to limited supplies should keep the hoarding in check.
Hopefully with free troops you will see some diversity and national identity later in the game and not always pure masses of devils/fiends of darkness/mech men/vineogres/vampires against each other with a few scs/thugs inbetween.
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