Question about change of BG is for @kostic; I'd guess that the new generals would get cav BG.
Recruitment: event Heavy Mail must occur to get Mailed Knights, while in the other parts of Europe they're recruitable from the beginning.
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;================================================================================================================================ NORWAY;- NORWAY landowners2 -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
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; Numbers and events are the same as the other NE knights.
; Norway has 2 upgrades of mounted knights, and 2 upgrades of foot knights.
; Events to be taken into account:
; 140: HEAVY_MAIL
; 310: TRANSITIONAL_ARMOR
; 380: PAVISE_SHIELDS
; 440: HALF_PLATE_ARMOR
; 510: FULL_PLATE_ARMOR
; 600: MATCHLOCK
; 1st stage
; - northern provinces (Skandinavia, Baltics, Russia) - for the non-Scandinavian just imagine that they immigrate and settle
recruit_pool "Norse Axemen" 1 0.04 2 0 requires factions { norway, } and not event_counter HEAVY_MAIL_ARMOR 1 and hidden_resource norway or hidden_resource denmark or hidden_resource russia or hidden_resource lithuania or hidden_resource poland or hidden_resource scotland or hidden_resource scotland
recruit_pool "Norse Axemen" 1 0.03 2 0 requires factions { denmark, } and event_counter HEAVY_MAIL_ARMOR 1 and not event_counter TRANSITIONAL_ARMOR 1 and hidden_resource norway or hidden_resource denmark or hidden_resource russia or hidden_resource lithuania or hidden_resource poland or hidden_resource scotland or hidden_resource scotland
recruit_pool "Gotland Footmen" 0.9 0.04 2 0 requires factions { norway, } and not event_counter HEAVY_MAIL_ARMOR 1 and hidden_resource norway or hidden_resource denmark or hidden_resource russia or hidden_resource lithuania or hidden_resource poland or hidden_resource scotland or hidden_resource scotland
recruit_pool "Gotland Footmen" 0.9 0.03 2 0 requires factions { norway, } and event_counter HEAVY_MAIL_ARMOR 1 and not event_counter TRANSITIONAL_ARMOR 1 and hidden_resource norway or hidden_resource denmark or hidden_resource russia or hidden_resource lithuania or hidden_resource poland or hidden_resource scotland or hidden_resource scotland
; - other areas: Mailed Knights from the beginning
recruit_pool "Mailed Knights" 1 0.04 2 0 requires factions { norway, } and region_religion catholic 25 and not event_counter HEAVY_MAIL_ARMOR 1 and not hidden_resource norway and not hidden_resource denmark and not hidden_resource russia and not hidden_resource lithuania and not hidden_resource poland and not hidden_resource scotland
recruit_pool "Mailed Knights" 1 0.03 2 0 requires factions { norway, } and region_religion catholic 25 and event_counter HEAVY_MAIL_ARMOR 1 and not event_counter TRANSITIONAL_ARMOR 1 and not hidden_resource norway and not hidden_resource denmark and not hidden_resource russia and not hidden_resource lithuania and not hidden_resource poland and not hidden_resource scotland
; - in Italy dismounted version with swords
recruit_pool "Dismounted Sword Mailed Knights" 0.9 0.04 2 0 requires factions { norway, } and region_religion catholic 25 and not event_counter HEAVY_MAIL_ARMOR 1 and hidden_resource pisa or hidden_resource venice or hidden_resource papal_states or hidden_resource sicily
recruit_pool "Dismounted Sword Mailed Knights" 0.9 0.03 2 0 requires factions { norway, } and region_religion catholic 25 and event_counter HEAVY_MAIL_ARMOR 1 and not event_counter TRANSITIONAL_ARMOR 1 and hidden_resource pisa or hidden_resource venice or hidden_resource papal_states or hidden_resource sicily
; - elsewhere dismounted version with axes
recruit_pool "Dismounted Mailed Knights" 0.9 0.04 2 0 requires factions { norway, } and region_religion catholic 25 and not event_counter HEAVY_MAIL_ARMOR 1 and not hidden_resource norway and not hidden_resource denmark and not hidden_resource russia and not hidden_resource lithuania and not hidden_resource poland and not hidden_resource scotland and not hidden_resource pisa and not hidden_resource venice and not hidden_resource papal_states and not hidden_resource sicily
recruit_pool "Dismounted Mailed Knights" 0.9 0.03 2 0 requires factions { norway, } and region_religion catholic 25 and event_counter HEAVY_MAIL_ARMOR 1 and not event_counter TRANSITIONAL_ARMOR 1 and not hidden_resource norway and not hidden_resource denmark and not hidden_resource russia and not hidden_resource lithuania and not hidden_resource poland and not hidden_resource scotland and not hidden_resource pisa and not hidden_resource venice and not hidden_resource papal_states and not hidden_resource sicily
; 2nd stage
recruit_pool "Feudal Knights" 0.9 0.03 2 0 requires factions { norway, } and region_religion catholic 25 and event_counter HEAVY_MAIL_ARMOR 1 and not event_counter TRANSITIONAL_ARMOR 1
recruit_pool "Feudal Knights" 1 0.04 2 0 requires factions { norway, } and region_religion catholic 25 and event_counter TRANSITIONAL_ARMOR 1 and not event_counter HALF_PLATE_ARMOR 1
recruit_pool "Feudal Knights" 1 0.03 2 0 requires factions { norway, } and region_religion catholic 25 and event_counter HALF_PLATE_ARMOR 1 and not event_counter MATCHLOCK 1
recruit_pool "Dismounted Feudal Knights" 0.8 0.03 2 0 requires factions { norway, } and region_religion catholic 25 and event_counter HEAVY_MAIL_ARMOR 1 and not event_counter TRANSITIONAL_ARMOR 1
recruit_pool "Dismounted Feudal Knights" 0.9 0.04 2 0 requires factions { norway, } and region_religion catholic 25 and event_counter TRANSITIONAL_ARMOR 1 and not event_counter HALF_PLATE_ARMOR 1
recruit_pool "Dismounted Feudal Knights" 0.9 0.03 2 0 requires factions { norway, } and region_religion catholic 25 and event_counter HALF_PLATE_ARMOR 1 and not event_counter MATCHLOCK 1
; 3rd stage
recruit_pool "Chivalric Knights" 0.9 0.03 2 0 requires factions { norway, } and region_religion catholic 25 and event_counter TRANSITIONAL_ARMOR 1 and not event_counter HALF_PLATE_ARMOR 1
recruit_pool "Chivalric Knights" 1 0.04 2 0 requires factions { norway, } and region_religion catholic 25 and event_counter HALF_PLATE_ARMOR 1 and not event_counter MATCHLOCK 1
recruit_pool "Chivalric Knights" 1 0.07 2 0 requires factions { norway, } and region_religion catholic 25 and event_counter MATCHLOCK 1
recruit_pool "Dismounted Chivalric Knights" 0.8 0.03 2 0 requires factions { norway, } and region_religion catholic 25 and event_counter TRANSITIONAL_ARMOR 1 and not event_counter HALF_PLATE_ARMOR 1
recruit_pool "Dismounted Chivalric Knights" 0.9 0.04 2 0 requires factions { norway, } and region_religion catholic 25 and event_counter HALF_PLATE_ARMOR 1 and not event_counter MATCHLOCK 1
recruit_pool "Dismounted Chivalric Knights" 0.9 0.07 2 0 requires factions { norway, } and region_religion catholic 25 and event_counter MATCHLOCK 1
; AI support
recruit_pool "Norse Axemen" 1 0.04 2 0 requires factions { norway, } and event_counter early_era 1 and not event_counter is_the_player 1
recruit_pool "Gotland Footmen" 0.8 0.04 2 0 requires factions { norway, } and event_counter early_era 1 and not event_counter is_the_player 1
recruit_pool "Feudal Knights" 1 0.05 2 0 requires factions { norway, } and event_counter high_era 1 and not event_counter is_the_player 1
recruit_pool "Dismounted Feudal Knights" 0.8 0.05 2 0 requires factions { norway, } and event_counter high_era 1 and not event_counter is_the_player 1
recruit_pool "Chivalric Knights" 1 0.06 2 0 requires factions { norway, } and event_counter late_era 1 and not event_counter is_the_player 1
recruit_pool "Dismounted Chivalric Knights" 0.8 0.06 2 0 requires factions { norway, } and event_counter late_era 1 and not event_counter is_the_player 1
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