

Why Feudal?
So, why did we choose Feudal to be the next priority to update?- It is the oldest culture, made at the start of AoW4’s development, when our style and the implied “power level” of cultural units wasn't really laid down as strongly yet. Peasants started looking a bit odd sharing their tier with Dawn Defenders and other more professional unit themes.
- Strategically they had very little going for them, at release they had the Feudal Lord hero skills which gave them a bit of identity, but didn’t really do much in the grand scheme of things. This was made even more glaring after the Hero rework which left no space for these old skills to be made available.
- Lastly the fantasy of a Feudal empire was not really satisfied, no noble lords leading their house to war, and not enough cavalry or classic feudal associated units.
Feudal as a Culture
The Feudal culture represents the more “mundane” type of empire, it covers the classic fantasy trope of the more grounded kingdom as compared to the magic and otherworldliness around them. Thus to start with we identified the key aspects of the Feudal “fantasy”, what are their associations?- The King’s divine right to rule
- The Feudal Systems reliance on lesser lords and their levied armies.
- Cavalry, Knights and Bannermen charging into battle.


Unit Line-up
Tier 1
Militia (Formerly known as the Peasant)


Tier 2
Bannerman




Tier 3
Longbow (Monarchy Subculture)


Tier 4
Knight
Subculture: Monarchy







Subculture: Aristocracy

- Each Feudal city in your empire has its own Feudal House, led by that city’s Governor, who becomes its Liege Lord.
- Units produced in these cities become part of that Feudal House, gaining Experience as their Liege Lord gains Renown.
- When a unit is in battle with the Liege Lord of its house, it gains powerful bonuses that scale with their Liege Lord’s renown.




- Summoned Units and Units gained through pickups or events join the House of the nearest non-scout led army.[list]
- If the unit is summoned in the domain of a city, it will always join that city’s House instead.
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- Even if another empire absorbs it, as long as you retake it and absorb it once more, the house is restored.
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- Note that a Hero remains the Liege Lord even in death, in case they are revived. They have to be actively replaced should you wish to do so.


