SW, bodyguards etc

[A Nerd]

It would seem to achieve some sort of game balance the developers gave the weaker factions strong bodyguard units to compensate for the others starting positions and available resources (?). This wouldn't seem to make much sense for the byz, perhaps it was unbalance in unit roster, concerning the AIs use of them or somehting along those lines. I haven't played MTW in a long time and when I did was always a catholic faction.

It just seems strange that if support costs were so expensive for bodyguard units, why would the AI produce so many, in terms of SW anyway? Perhaps I am missing something.

Going to read the link now! :)

edit: Just read it. Impressive! Makes me want to play again. STW though, not SW! Not that SW was bad though...