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Cartimandua would make an excellent non-combat hero, and unique. As Queen of the Brigantes, she was allied to Rome. Her bonuses could actually be tied to being allied to non-Celtic factions. If possible, say, something like being able to recruit a foreign unit/units, depending on the ally/allies (maybe she can have a unique structure that does it? No clue), representing things like when Rome sent a cohort to defend her from her former husband, or just some kind of broader generic bonus, but something the Britons otherwise wouldn't have access to on their own.

If you want the AI to use it as a dropsite, you’ll also want to make sure you add this.

Observe the XML code of the Storehouse: <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?> <Entity parent="template_structure_economic"> <AlertRaiser> <List datatype="tokens">Civilian</List> <RaiseAlertRange>50</RaiseAlertRange> <EndOfAlertRange>100</EndOfAlertRange> <SearchRange>100</SearchRange> </AlertRaiser> <Cost> <BuildTime>40</BuildTime> <Resources> <wood>100</wood> </Resources> </Cost> <Footprint> <Square width="15.0" depth="15.0"/> <Height>8.0</Height> </Footprint> <Health> <Max>800</Max> <SpawnEntityOnDeath>decay|rubble/rubble_stone_3x3</SpawnEntityOnDeath> </Health> <Identity> <GenericName>Storehouse</GenericName> <SelectionGroupName>template_structure_economic_storehouse</SelectionGroupName> <Tooltip>Research gathering technologies.</Tooltip> <Classes datatype="tokens">DropsiteWood DropsiteMetal DropsiteStone</Classes> <VisibleClasses datatype="tokens">Village Storehouse</VisibleClasses> <Icon>structures/storehouse.png</Icon> <Requirements> <Techs datatype="tokens">phase_village</Techs> </Requirements> </Identity> <Loot> <wood>20</wood> </Loot> <Obstruction> <Static width="13.0" depth="13.0"/> </Obstruction> <ProductionQueue/> <RallyPoint disable=""/> <Researcher> <Technologies datatype="tokens"> gather_lumbering_ironaxes gather_lumbering_strongeraxes gather_lumbering_sharpaxes gather_mining_servants gather_mining_serfs gather_mining_slaves gather_mining_wedgemallet gather_mining_shaftmining gather_mining_silvermining gather_capacity_basket gather_capacity_wheelbarrow gather_capacity_carts </Technologies> </Researcher> <ResourceDropsite> <Types>wood stone metal</Types> <Sharable>true</Sharable> </ResourceDropsite> <Sound> <SoundGroups> <select>interface/select/building/sel_storehouse.xml</select> <constructed>interface/complete/building/complete_storehouse.xml</constructed> <alert_raise>interface/alarm/alarm_alert_0.xml</alert_raise> <alert_end>interface/alarm/alarm_alert_1.xml</alert_end> </SoundGroups> </Sound> <TerritoryInfluence> <Root>false</Root> <Radius>20</Radius> <Weight>30000</Weight> </TerritoryInfluence> <Vision> <Range>20</Range> </Vision> <VisualActor> <FoundationActor>structures/fndn_3x3.xml</FoundationActor> </VisualActor> </Entity> I believe it's the ResourceDropsite element.

In MP, some say it's always recommended. I do it if I have at least one extra fruit tree or berry patch. It's always recommended to assign only one gatherer per berry bush. On 5-berry patches, you'll get: Without Wicker Baskets: ~150 extra food With Wicker Baskets: ~100 extra food. (There are 40 seconds without Wicker Baskets while the technology is being researched.) You can easily distribute the gatherers using the "Order one unit" command. My conclusion is that it's always best to spread out the gatherers. After that, the choice is whether you want food faster or more food in the long run. That's a good practice. You'll save quite a bit of wood that can instead be used for buildings and technologies. Just make sure to have a smooth transition: anticipate when the berries will run out and start researching Iron Plow (the first farm upgrade) before or during farm construction, so the farms start producing at maximum efficiency right away. Depending on the playstyle you choose, if you want to go for early cavalry, it's best to scout the map to see whether there's plenty of hunt or not before deciding; otherwise, you'll run into food problems. If you're going for late cavalry, aim to have 10–12 farms and your food income should be enough.

It generally pays off in biomes with higher fruit yield like desert or when you have multipe fruit patches

We could probably update it for R28

@Outis @Thalatta I made this PDF of all the diffirent cav units/actors in the game... its quite interesting. Take han for example for the cs and champ spearcav the portriats seems to show a shield but none of the actors do.... in some cases actors start without a shield and then add one as they rank up. I am not a huge fan of this, unless it is REALLY historically accurate. If in rare cases some civ had a handful of Jav cav that use shields, but most didnt i would rather just give them all Jav cav that don't have shields. CWA - Cavalry units by civ.pdf

I'm currently working on vassals, small randomly placed settlements on the map that will auto produce their own workers to gather resources in the area as well as a small patrolling army to gaurd their own territory. The player can capture these vassals in order to have them autonomously work for them. Vassals can provide income for their owners using their workers as well as add a basic level of defense for an area with their patroling army, after they have all their workers and a defending army, they will slowly build up a small army to attack your enemies with. I find it adds some really cool and valuable points on the map to take control of. While they wont be able to defeat your enemies on their own, coordinating your attacks with theirs can add a welcome boost to your own attacks. This also makes the maps feel alot more dynamic. Edit: 02/05/2026 Added latest version of the vassals mod. -Vassal units can be selected if you want to inspect them but they ignore all commands given to them by the player. -vassals once captured project the players influence around themselves. -vassals will produce villagers to gather resources for their owner. -vassals will produce patrol armies that protect their territory. -Once a vassals patrol armies get big enough, they will instead be used by the vassal to attack your enemies. Vassals will spawn randomly, but right now they will spawn in the same specific random place on every map type for testing purposes. Vassal produces units faster than in the final version for testing purposes. Edit: 02/05/2026 Added a new version with random and much better spawning of vassals around random maps. Edit: 02/05/2026 Last edit for today, improved vassal spawning so the game will try to spawn at least one per player. Also the game will try to make sure there is pathing to at least one other player before placing a vassal in an area. Edit: 09/05/2026 - Added several types of vassals that produce their own units. - Vassals now build structures, houses provide 1 pop to their owners, the vassal will produce a barracks in order to produce their own military units. - Improved villager ai, they should no longer sometimes move back and forth and will try to get a range of resources nearby. - Villagers can now hunt nearby animals. Edit: 10/05/2026 -Vassals now produce units much slower. -Fixed a bug where vassals would stop trying to build structures if they could not find a place to place a structure on their first try. Edit: 11/05/2026 -Impoved vassal spawning to make sure they now always spawn. Vassals Mod.7z

What do you think of this: if I capture someone else's vassal settlement, the units it spawned when it was their's, become mine

It's not an exploit. You're just playing against people who want to win, and they are using the strongest strategy available to them to achieve victory. This is like complaining about why Protoss players don't build Scouts, or why Terran players don't train Ghosts against Carriers in Brood War. They don't do that because they know all pros and cons of Scouts and Ghosts, and they want to win the match. If you don't care about winning, then sure, train cavalry with Spartans. You'll have access to 2 basic units that are easily countered.