Unlikely mercenaries

[Prince Cobra]

First, I play mostly in High/Late. Second, I may be wrong but I have noticed that the more mercenaries you use, the biggest diversity you have in your inns. If I remember correctly, I even had the opportunity to hire a unit of Chivalric knights (only once, though). The most common mercenary cavalry I use as the Byz is the Kwarazmian cavalry (strong as Kat but faster; the slow pace of Kat makes them with limited use in my Late/high armies) or Mameluk cavalry. Alan mercenaries and Almughavars are also very rare. The infantry: I am always hungry for men to pay my bills (they are not that rare, fortunately, unlike the swiss merc. )...

Talking of the Pronoiai, it's not surprising they are rare. Only a fool would purchase them at such a outrageuos year upkeep. As the Spanish I wonder what to do with my money, with the Byz I wonder how to balance not to run out of them. ~:P

[gollum]

Chiv Knights come as mercs only as lost AI units - none of the knight units is set as mercs iirc. Almughavars are very rare because they are Aragon (the province) only and as i explained previously this severely hampers their merc availability.

[Prince Cobra]

Chiv Knights come as mercs only as lost AI units - none of the knight units is set as mercs iirc. Almughavars are very rare because they are Aragon (the province) only and as i explained previously this severely hampers their merc availability.

Feudal knights do appear as mercenaries, though the presence of Chivalric knights could be due to the bribing of the Cyprus garrison. Actually, reason for this post is the following: you can recruit Almughavars from any province but they are just rare. In my current High Byz campaign they did appear in Georgia. Bronze armour + iron armour upgrade. Of course, I hired them. I wonder how best to use them once I decide to continue the campaign.

My current Empire stretches from Palestine, Syria to Georgia, Moldavia, Carpathia, Hungary, Croatia and Austria + the three Byz islands (Cyprus, Rhodes and Crete). Year is about 1284, I think. And the Almohads just conquered Switzerland but I am very very rich. :P

Anyway, best use for the Almughavars? They are currently in Hungary and unless the Poles break our alliance (I sent some troops to fight a Glorious battle with them vs. the Horde), they will spend the next decades idling and wasting my money. ;)

P.S. I play 2.01 version of the game. No peasants. :P

[Ironside]

Anyway, best use for the Almughavars? They are currently in Hungary and unless the Poles break our alliance (I sent some troops to fight a Glorious battle with them vs. the Horde), they will spend the next decades idling and wasting my money. ;)

P.S. I play 2.01 version of the game. No peasants. :P

They are a bit different. They are very aggressive spearmen without shields, but with javelins. You can use them a javelin troops or attacking cavarly.

Vs cav, their charge is devastating and it's strong vs infantry. Stuck them on a hill, get off a volley or two then charge. They lack the staying power of heavy spears, but can still hold thier own. Basically flankers or reserves. Sensitive to ranged though.

Added them as a buildable Aragon only unit. They're fun, but really odd.