Quote Originally Posted by Martok View Post
Yep, the Turks in Early are absolutely one of the more challenging factions in vanilla MTW/VI. I don't play as them very often, but they're usually pretty tough when I do. Since you have no choice but to go to war with the Eggies and/or the Byz if you want to expand, it definitely makes for an interesting campaign.

(I've just never been that fond of them due to their large number of mounted missile units. I should probably just get over it, but some habits are hard to break. )
Ahem, they have Turcoman Horse, Sipahis of the Porte and vanilla HAs. That's the only mounted missile units they have. In fact they've been condemned as ahistorical in the past for not having enough mounted missile units and too many foot units. It is quite possible to play the Turks without relying too heavily on THA and HA. In Early you can make use of much the same units as the Egyptians with only a few exceptions.