Quote Originally Posted by x-dANGEr
Yea surely I was unaware of Moors and Timurids, but surely I know them in Arabic. Sorry, but we don't study our history in english.
OK, sorry, I misunderstood you. Your English is very good, which has probably caused some misunderstanding on my behalf whereby, because it is so good, I take what you write at face value, whereas with someone whose English clearly wasn't as good I would be more cautious to check understanding

Well, you do agree the muslims (Almohads) were down-graded in M: TW, don't you?
Yes and no. I'll repost what I said in Faisals unit thread


"I know what you're saying though about the weak Almohad roster in the later game, I always interpreted this as CAs attempt to reflect the decline of the Moors in Spain - they did the same with the Byzantines."

AUMs are possibly the best unit in the game in Early - cheap, easily available, +1 Valour in Granada, Iron easily available in nearby provinces for weapon upgrades...The Elmos also have the excellent Desert Cav. Its very easy to win with them in Early. But they do suffer from their lack of decent Spears and Heavy Cav, especially once you get to high and late, but like I said, I attribute this to CAs attempt to reflict the decline of the Moors

The Egyptians - I've never actually played them, I find their roster and starting position to be a bit meh

The Turks - have an excellent spread of units through the game. Saracen Inf are a decent entry level unit, and we all know Jannisary Heavy Inf are one of the best units in the game, period. And they get better as the game progresses; again I see this as CAs attempt to reflect the rising strength of the Ottomans.

I think if MTW started several hundred years earlier and their relative strength was the same they would definately be underpowered, but as it is I see what CA was trying to do. Now, as to whether their units are historically accurate.....well I'll leave that to Faisal But every faction suffers from innacuracy to a lesser or greater extent.


Well, I salute such people, and you can always look forward to such men. I realise I got a little carried away, and I really do apologize for that.
Hehe, thats OK. I just sit in awe at the knowledge and ettiquette and fair-mindedness of some of the folks here (as long as we stay out the backroom ). Shadeswolf, Simon Appleton...

Now, back to MTW2...