These fyrdmen limit the amount of levy units that are available to recruit based on the number of settlements players control on the campaign map. The English Kingdoms will enjoy the benefits of the Fyrd, part-time soldiers pledged to leave their farms for military service each year. After decades of Viking raids, the Kingdoms of West Seaxe and Mierce are ready to reclaim the lands of England under their own banners, and they wonвЂ™t hesitate to destroy each other to make that happen. The English Kingdoms of Britannia inhabit the Southern most lands of the British Isles. So, you can now define Guard Mode, Skirmish Mode, Always-Run and Group-Locking as on or off by default.ДЄ whole host of new maps have been made for Thrones of Britannia, including a lot less 'hard collisions' and a lot more 'soft collisions', meaning armies will be able to move through towns much more fluidly and fighting in the streets will be less confined to narrow corridors. As a small quality of life improvement, weвЂ™re also adding optional default settings for various unit states. Guard mode makes a welcome return for Thrones, and maintains the functionality that makes it ideal for holding ground and not pursuing routers. This means youвЂ™ll now see the occasional solder buckle to the ground when charged or under a hail of arrows, as heвЂ™s dispatched by a particularly vicious blow. Now, impacts from both melee and missile attacks have a chance of dealing a critical blow, delivering 10 times their usual damage. Thrones will introduce a new critical hit chance for Battle that reproduces the вЂarrow in the eyeвЂ™ effect. WeвЂ™ve actually increased cavalry spacing in Thrones of Brittania, which promotes more realistic cavalry combat, as horses pass through gaps in the opposing unit and cycle round to clash again. Of course, this means youвЂ™ll have to be very choosy about where to point your cavalry вЂ“ either at unshielded targets, or maneuvering them into positions where they can play hammer to your shield-wallвЂ™s anvil.Д¬avalry versus cavalry is a different ball-game. YouвЂ™ll see them rear up before slowly advancing into close-quarters combat, negating any bonuses from impact. To complement this, all units with shields now have the Charge Reflect attribute, which means that if theyвЂ™re stationary and braced when charged by cavalry, the horses will refuse the charge. WeвЂ™ve also reduced infantry charge distances, as the short, sharp clashing of swords and shields makes combat feel faithful to this intimately intense combat style. To reflect this style of warfare, weвЂ™ve reduced the distance between soldiers in many units, with dense blocks of tightly-packed soldiers.

ItвЂ™s the tactic with which Alfred beat the Great Viking Army at the battle of Edington, and remained predominant across battlefields of the era.

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