To own AOR towns is strategic because the AI Lord who owns it has a stronger mix of troops All of this regardless the faction they belong to. AOR recruit system for historically accurate cities' hoplites: There will be many hoplites which can be recruited only in their city, for example Argos' Hoplites will be available for the player as special units to recruit with weekly refill only in Argos.But that is not all, as also the AI Lord who is owning Argo will receive Argos Hoplites as part of its reinforcements and the Garrison of Argo will be the only one having Argos Hoplites among its faction's troops. A big fancy new map of the area of interest Special icons for player's party depending on the size of the army If you are king, you may choose the culture, which changes both icons and troops. If you are not a king you may choose the icon for your party.
Each faction has special parties' icons changing with the amount of men in the party. The flag of the ruler is the flag of every vassal (also for the player) Player can choose if to start the campaign as the really existed ruler of one of these nations The Pelopponnesian League and the Delian League. The war between Sparta and Athens involves almost all the greek city-states, split in two opposed alliances: Sparta a mod for Mount & Blade: Warband, created by zedpaolo.