Since the AI absolutely cannot transport troops via ship, he recruited them there. The Ottomans aggravated me so much that I gave up on that campaign about 5 turns in. If the historical Ottomans were as weak as the faction in ETW, then they would have ceased to exist in the 1700s instead of lasting up until 1918. They have CRAP! I can understand sub-par troops, but they don't have any of those either!