Rating PD

[Digress]

Gandalf Parker said:
PD only troop types is also a good thought. The type of units and the equipment that would be provided if that nation (and that era) were to recruit locally. Kindof roman-like. Local people but with roman equipment.

You could add dominion effects to that process to further compicate things (and I am not suggesting complicated isn't good). As dominion grows in strength the equipment of the PD would slowly shift to more closely resemble that of the nation controlling the province.

Arms and armour would change slowly over time as the locals try to copy their new lords equipment - sometimes this effect might be desirable and other times less so.

This would require alot of new PD units for each poptype so wouldn't score high in the practical stakes but would be thematic.