Weird hidden units

[Apocalyp$e]

I was trying to add the abilty to crusade to the Poles and I found some weird listings at the bottom of the unit file...
some units like:
NegroSpearmen
AbyssinianGuard
Hashishin
Almughavars

So what is the story with these units? Anyone know?

[son of spam]

Those aren't weird

three are muslim units in early/high

NegroSpearmen= Nubian Spearmen almo/eggy/turk
Abyssnian Guard= eggy/high
hash boys= almo/eggy?/turks? early/high/late

almugvhars= merc, very rare. appears as rebels in navarre in high. throws javs, defends well against cav, decent melee

[katank]

negro spears are nubian spearmen and only available to almos and eggy instead of regular spears. disciplined, hence slightly better than regular spears.

abys are axemen available to eggy from high onwards with AP attack and decent charge but pathetic defense. somewhat like ghazis.

hash dudes are muslim units capable of hiding in open and is 12 men. they are fancy hybrids. hiding is cool and for ambushing enemy gen but not really worth cost/high build reqs of master sword IMHO.

almughavars are rare mercs. they are jav and have high melee with anticav bonuses. with a combat rating of 15, those bad boys can really kill. comparable with bonnachts except with more javs which are regular.

[Gregoshi]

Quote[/b] (Apocalyp$e @ April 03 2004,10:18)]I was trying to add the abilty to crusade to the Poles...
Why would you want to crusade to the poles when neither one is on the map? http://www.totalwar.org/forum/non-cgi/emoticons/shock.gif

I know, I know. Nobody likes a smart alec. Sorry. Please carry on.

[Lord Ovaat]

Crusade to the Poles? It is an election year; maybe APOCALYPSE is really disgruntled with one of the candidates. http://www.totalwar.org/forum/non-cgi/emoticons/ht_charge.gif

I apologize, but it's midnight here, and I'm just trying to see if I can get these emoticons to work. http://www.totalwar.org/forum/non-cgi/emoticons/ht_hide.gif





(Hey It worked)

[Oleander Ardens]

Can confirm anything said about the Almughavars. Made them buildable in Spain, and they are a great addition to any army. Combined with desertarchers they form a great combo, which is able to efficiently kill at long and short range, armored or not armored, on a horse or on foot. Armor Upgrades work grealty with them, and they are deadly shocktroops with 4 javelins http://www.totalwar.org/forum/non-cgi/emoticons/tongue.gif

[Bey Osman]

I thought that the Kingdom of Aragon and Sicily could build Almughavars. http://www.totalwar.org/forum/non-cgi/emoticons/confused.gif

[son of spam]

nope only if you mod them in. They're merc only. Every faction can get them (even the byz, I got them in trebizond once... they must have been lost)

Ignore random emoticons, I just wanted to see what they do.

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