Quote Originally Posted by 2faced
I thought Bulgarian Brigands got valor bonuses in Bulgaria?
Both, JHI and bulgarian Brigands, get valour bonus in Bulgaria (you can confirm that by checking the unit info file. In the game, only the first unit mentioned to have a bonus in certain province is actually mentioned).

Quote Originally Posted by 2faced
Also, if you start in Early, you could have won by the time you get to JHI, so they might not prove to be a very large factor in things..overall.
You might want to try a GA campaign, wich allows you to win the game wothout killing everyone (unless you still want to, of course). Also, this same affirmation would be true for the rest of advanced units in the game (Gothic knights, Lancers, SAP...), so i guess that if you want to see them in action, you will have to take it slowly... cooperate, so to speak...