I love mercenaries so much!

[Mikemyers64]

to bad you can only recruit certain units

[ah_dut]

Dudes, you've forgotten the best (j/k) merc unit out there ELEPHANTS...

[Sin Qua Non]

I usually post a weak or young family member in elephant country to recruit merc elephants. I've invaded Britain and Egypt with elephant toting armies, mainly because of the crunch sound they make with chariots!

I too love how much more functonal mercs are in RTW. Even for the historically merc heavy factions in MTW, mercs were just too expensive and thin to work well.

While on the merc jag, is there any way for the barbarian factions to get their hands on onagers or ballistae? I would love to be able to steal siege equipment from a routed foe.