Caution: Merc Catapults WILL merge with ones you built

[Marquis de Said]

I have never seen the AI hire any merc units. Has anyone else?
AFAIK the AI's merc units should have the same merc symbol as your own, and I've never seen one in AI armies.

[Procrustes]

I have never seen the AI hire any merc units. Has anyone else?
AFAIK the AI's merc units should have the same merc symbol as your own, and I've never seen one in AI armies.

I've never seen the merc symbol on ai armies, but the ai sure does seem to build a lot of inns. Also, every now and then I'll notice that the ai is fielding some unit that the faction can't make - like a unit of FMMA mixed in a Turkish stack. I've only spotted it a couple of times, and I wasn't sure if it was a merc or or some old left-over from a bribe.

Either way, if the ai does hire mercs it does so only very rarely - I think it's mostly a feature for the human players.