New Faction Preview - The Turks

[Ringeck]

stakes are probalby restricted to longbowman/a few select european bowmen.

It seems like all the "professional" (i.e. non-peasant and non-tribal, like "Lithuanian archers") archers in the polish previews can set down stakes. I really don't see why any archers shouldn't have the ability (it's going to be pretty restrictive as it immobilizes the archers). While I know of relatively few examples of spesifically archers building field fortifications, it is rather common for infantry to do so in general, especially when facing armies with cavalry superiority.

[Randarkmaan]

stakes are probalby restricted to longbowman/a few select european bowmen.

Really unfair actually, especially considering the fact that the Ottoman infantry at Nicopolis placed lots of wooden stakes to protect themselves.

[Furious Mental]

I miss the Ghazi infantry and Futuwwas but I suspect they will be jihad units.

[scourgeofrome]

The unit list looks awsome. Here are my favorite ones.

1. Monster Bombard (Big guns=Big,explosive fun)
2. Sipahis (Armoured Horse Archers.Sign me up)
3. Naffatun (Flaming Pots of DOOM)
4. Hashishim (Assasins on the field.Sweet)
5. Qapukulu (Maces+Cavalry=Pain)
6. Ottoman Infantry (I loved these guys in MTW)

Maybe I'll play as the Turks first?

[Callatian]

Who wants to see the Turks capital? :)

[Basileus]

I reckon its going to be tough with the byz, nice mixture of units for the turks

[Ringeck]

The unit list looks awsome. Here are my favorite ones.

[LIST=1][*]Monster Bombard (Big guns=Big,explosive fun)

I sure hope the cannonballs won't explode. The Basilic was made for knocking down walls, not pretending to be a howitzer...

[Nathanael]

Hmmm, I guess those faction preview screens were a bit outdated (that had labelled JHI as OI).

I loved the Turks last time around it looks like they're still awesome, although it looks like they're going to have more trouble with armor long range until they get their Janissary Musketeers. I'll also miss the JI, although maybe the OI will be better fighters this time around (even if they lost their effective vs armor axes).

I think HashishiM was a typo; in the description they spell it HashishiN, which is more accurate.

It is weird that IGN's subhead is "When you hear the elephants stomping and the bombards the Turks are on their way," and yet the Turks don't have any elephant units.

[scourgeofrome]

I sure hope the cannonballs won't explode. The Basilic was made for knocking down walls, not pretending to be a howitzer...

Hey, as long as something is destroyed with a huge gun, I'm happy. With those guns you go from this ,to this , and finally this (You) + (Enemy) .

[Bioximo]

Finally!! Lets take a look at them...

[Bakma]

good news :D