Dang it Timurids!

[Lancome]

Once again Im playing Spain. The timurids have arrived and thus far its been 50 turns since their arrival. I was wondering if its rare for them to expand eastward(towards Poland/HRE) instead of south (In the Holy Land). I was really surprised then I took over Frankfurt and I started seeing alot of Timurid agents and suddently an army that Im not prepared to face 2 turns later. Time to spam Jinetes!

[ByzanKing]

I have never seen them further west then the Russian Steppes in any of my games. That is pretty impressive if they have made it as far west as the territories of the HRE. Make sure you spam a ton of your missle troops to take out those almost unstoppable elephants. Good luck!

[The New Che Guevara]

I MADE sure they never came past Kiev.

[Jason X]

jinetes v timurids = lots of dead oliphaunts

[oz_wwjd]

I've had that happen as spain as well,fortunately I managed to persuade the pope to declare a crusade on the citadel of bern which they owned at the time,and once i took that, they seemed to concentrate everything on taking it back. I was amused seeing elephants mass-stampeded there own troops under artillery fire,as I had about 4 basiliks in the army that managed to take bern..

[PrestigeX]

I usually find that the only way I will really get to fight the Timurids or the Mongols is to play as a either..
Russia, Turkey, Byzantium, or Egypt.

I know some players will be France or England and take over the Holy Land, but i like to spread my empire out so its not like i have 2-3 provinces cut off from my mainland.

Crusades are worthwhile to amass a horde that goes forth and sacks towns, like a revenue tactic :)

Very surprised to hear the Timurids got to Frankfurt, but they aren't that big of a threat, just build lots of serpentines or ballista/catapults and get urself enough archers, not too much trouble