BTW, I missed that the progression-screwing Sohei were from Steel and Thunder, main component, this mod's additions are perfect, it's S&T that needs rework.

Aw, shame... anyone else up for replacing Japanese crossbowmen with... literally anything else?

I am sadly not returning to this mod anymore, Guozijian is the only older mod i will update, thank you

Hi again :)
Have you considered polishing icons of units? Their resolution is low and it doesn't look well. Anyway great job!

No thats not possible

Is it possible to disable some units, I wanna pick which ones are ingame?

Thank you

@Mikecro Thanks for answering! Good luck with your current project, and I'll be there if you eventually make the Men-at-arms mod! :)

No, dont get me wrong, you arent annoying, i just dont feel like making units for now, but sure enough ill make it

Okay, just sayin' if you ever get to making a final update, changing crossbowmen and separating sohei will really make Japan feel like a samurai army.

Sorry for being annoying, I really should have learned to mod Civ and did it myself, just don't have the time or strength when bombings intensified (I'm in Odesa).

It is possible. Ill see about it, but as i said, not now

Is it possible to repurpose your models for horse archers or just vanilla samurai with bows to have samurai archers (on foot) that replace crossbowmen? We can't really have crossbowmen with Japanese flair because Japan never used crossbows. I'd rather have unique archers in Japan than combat monks replacing pikemen. Sohei should be a bonus faith purchased unit.

Although i am "done" with units, and currently finishing the SUI project, i may consider it....sometime... tho i think Krum Strashni said he will make regional variations for all units so he may do it before me

Hi! Could you rework the vanilla "Men-at-arms" unit so they could actually have culturally varied (East-Asian, Middle-Eastern, African, etc) armor and weapons? It's a shame they all look like European medieval warriors.

sadly no

is there one that u dont need dlc for?

You're welcome! It is possible to just reuse your and vanilla existing models with a different weapon set without having to make new from scratch?

Like samurai but with bows to replace Japanese crossbowmen,
Ashigaru but with pikes to replace Japanese pikemen,
and Sohei but with guns as stand-alone unit for later faith purchase.

It will make Japan more historically accurate as the base of their army by 15-17 centuries were pikes and bows, and warrior monks were specific units centered around temples i.e. Ishiyama Honganji...

I really like colorful ashigaru you made with various clans coat of arms... And the current Sohei with naginatas are fine, just don't feel they should be replacing pikemen. Early Japan with swordsmen is correct, it's good samurai replace Men at Arms.

I'll play China next when I have time!

@Player One Thank you for your comments. Foot samurais with bow...we will see what future holds, as this mod may receive some updates (still only in planing)

Did a quick game as Japan, starting in Renaissance, a few notes:

Your Ashigaru and Tanegashima from CIVITAS Oda mod both work at the same time, and look distinct enough. His unique unit is a straight downgrade, but he gets them for free in every capital for garrison so no complaints here. But if you nerf Ashigaru musketmen, keeping their unique skills but taking their power down, it won't be bad (historically they had inferior muskets).

Yabusame archers are real good! It would be perfect if we had a foot version of Yumi Samurai replacing crossbowmen as I never actually see a Japanese crossbowman out of Civ game. Just for flavor, you know. Maybe even just vanilla samurai model with a bow...

Sohei replace pikemen and get deprecated when you get pike & shot... This screwed me over when I upgraded a tech and could no longer buy them with faith. Is it possible to make Sohei a separate unit outside of anti-cavalry upgrade tree, while keeping regular pikemen for upgrades?

Feudal Japanese armies in Renaissance were essentially walls of Ashigaru with very long pikes and some archers in-between, sometimes cavalry and gun units supporting them based on availability. Warrior monks by that period did upgrade to guns, but were still a religious unit tied to monasteries.

So perfect feudal Japan army would have Ashigaru pikes, Samurai archers and monks guns on top of what you already added... Will play some more now! Thanks again for making this.

This is great because these civs didn't have much cool infantry... one question though, how will the conflict with Oda Nobunaga mod? He has his own Musketman replacement and it's tied to his leader skill.

Hey, i am interested, may work on it if you provide details, since i am returning to civ6 modding in october

Hello, I was wondering if you could make a mod for Korea - to create Korean Swordsmen (Musa) using the model from Hwacha (soldiers), along with the Archers (using the other models), willing to send gifts for this

@Low poly cat Thank you!

Russian translation available here

Hey, thanks a lot! Sadly, i didnt want to google translate it due to mistakes that would arise...but if i get the translation in the near future ill insert it

The lack of Korean language support makes me a little sad Regardless, thanks for the great mod .

Some units were planned for Mesoamericas, but due to current ongoing projects i may or may not add it

very nice mod thanks, are you going to create additional units for other civilizations too? example: india (elephant with bombard), arabs, aztecs etc? would be great!!

no

Is there a RED mod support for this

Thank you! I might, but currently i am working on something else

Thank you for this mod! Can you create a ninja unit? It would be really nice.

Yabusame archers are fixed, thank you

Seems like yabusame archer doesn't get faith for winning. And hwarang get a free promotion, even if there is no seovon in city. I use all three Steel and Thunder mods.

Thank you very much, in a month i hope i will also add more unit mods for civs from different parts of world and ofc this pack will get vietnamese and mongolian units (1 for every civ)

Thanks for adding to the richness of East Asian civilizations, I had a very great time.

Glad to hear it! Thank you and you too

oh, yes, i find it. it didn't appear when i first oepn it. happy it's a mistake, good luck day!

Excuse me, but it has icons? You can even see them on screenshots. You don't have them? Please look at some other units added by this pack and report if they have.

it don't have icon? i think it will be better to add icons!

Thank you! I will add the Rattan Archers to list of potential units

Also, Age of Empires 2 has Rattan Archers and Imperial Skirmisher’s as the Vietnamese Unique Units. While Imperial Skirmisher is a boring and generic name, Rattan Archers sounds unique and would fit well into upgrading into Voi Chens

Amazing Work

@Cardboard It adds units to Korea, and uses assets from R&F and GS. If you would like only Japanese or Chinese units, something can be arranged
@Doc_Furtado Well, well, which news?

We have news!

Why does this require dlc

@Patricida and @Phatagonist thank you both very much, i will note and check your suggestions! Skirmisher replacement might work for that crossbow. About the war junks, a problem might be animating the sails...but neither tammachi nor war junks are out of the frame for now.

@ Mikecro
I do have some suggestions that might be useful.

The Mongols may use the tammači. The tammači were formed by non-Mongols. They were said to be vanguards during wartime and garrison forces during peace. A melee cavalry with some garrison bonus (perhaps add loyalty to city?) could be interesting.
There is also the Hui Hui Pao counterweight trebuchet crafted by Muslim engineers. But I remember Steel and Thunder already have the Hui Hui Pao? Anyway, I would use Hui Hui Pao for my Dynasty Uniques mod.

I don't know much about the Vietnamese history, but they seem to have used some sorts of wooden crossbow. They even have a legend about using a divine crossbow to defeat Zhao Tuo of the Nanyue. Since Voi Chien is a crossbowman replacement, you may want to find another unit to replace. Maybe the skirmisher.

Btw great mod <3