Swiss Pikemen?

[Ludivico Sforza]

So, in my France campaign, I am remodelling my army for the 15th/16th Centuries by gradually phasing out some of my older style armies and raising new ones of Pikemen/Arquebusiers/Serpentines/Lancers/Gendarmes.

I would dearly love to augment these formations with a few units of Swiss Pikemen (I already have a Flemish Pikemen brigade in my Northern armies). The only problem is I don't seem to be able to recruit them anywhere. The descr_mercenaries.txt says they should be available in the Burgundy region (Rheims, Dijon...etc etc) after 1400. I'm now in 1415 and have not seen a single unit available for recruitment. I have however, been able to recruit mercenary arquebusiers. What's going on?

[geala]

Don't worry. They appear from time to time but not only in Burgundy but also in southern France or upper Italy. Let one of your generals take a stroll through these areas and sooner or later you can recruit them.

[pevergreen]

Don't worry. They appear from time to time but not only in Burgundy but also in southern France or upper Italy. Let one of your generals take a stroll through these areas and sooner or later you can recruit them.

True, and I have gleaned from another thread that there is a range of numbers (ie. 0.4 - 0.7) and once it = or exceeds 1, 1 unit shows up. So if you get 0.7, 0.2, 0.7, 0.5, 2 units will turn up.

To my understanding that is. (Im not some pro with the files, I dont even have the unpacked ones)

[Ludivico Sforza]

Ah, ok, thanks for the clarification. I'll have a fiddle with the files and see if i can get them to show up a little more frequently. Thanks.

[Musashi]

I wouldn't stress about it... Flemish pikemen are better anyway. Swiss Pikemen have better combat stats, but very light armor, which makes them too vulnerable to missile fire in my experience.