Timurids

**Bongaroo** · 12-05-2006, 15:58

I can't remember exactly as I am playing France and still haven't finished my campaign (i'm a slow player) but I have about 40 turns left and am currently under the 5th siege of Jerusalem. I took it from the Mongels who creamed the Egyptians. I'd say the Timurids showed up between 10 and 20 turns ago. I guess you might be able to figure when from that. Anyone know the exact number of turns?

**eddiethebastard** · 01-12-2007, 14:02

Late 14th century, I've played two games - one in which they dived into the mid east and set about the Mongols, in the other my England controls the region with a very strong military presence and they seem content to sit in the middle of the desert without disrupting trade or starting a fight with me. I was going to try to wipe them out this weekend - longbows vs elephants should be interesting.

**sapi** · 01-12-2007, 14:05

The answer should be in the faq

**zulukiller** · 01-12-2007, 14:10

Originally Posted by eddiethebastard

I was going to try to wipe them out this weekend - longbows vs elephants should be interesting.

I'd make a seperate save if i were you trust me once those boys start to fight you will wish you would of left them alone.

P.S. Make sure you have a very high chivalrouse generale on your side or assinate the Timurid general because the moral impact of elephants plus the 10 dread general equals instant routing. Also incase you didnt know stake walls get trammpled by elephants so dont rely on them either.

**nheero143** · 01-22-2007, 01:38

In my present game as Turks, the message said that they came in near Yerevan, but it was Baghdad where I first noticed them (turn 145). I've lost both cities and yet to really put up a fight, but am scaling up. The Rebels are my best friend, distracting them while I get my forces maximized outside of Antioch. The Timurids would be easy by themselves, but I'm at war with the Mongols, Poles, Danes, Venetians, Papal States, and a few others. Eight including the Rebels. It is Total War though. That darn (failed) 30 year Crusade against Constantinople, that's when my relatively peaceful builder game errupted into nonstop TW. I suppose with enough cash I could buy some peace, but maybe showing up on their doorsteps with my armies will be convincing enough.

**rosscoliosis** · 01-22-2007, 02:35

Oh Lordy, in what world are the Timurids easy to wipe out? I've had full-stack armies full of cavalry, spearmen, archers, and bombards; reinforced with another full-stack of about the same complement that still get MASSACRED by a couple reinforced Timurid armies altogether comprising about 1/3 of my total army, all because they had a couple units of elephants/elephant artillery and some heavy horse archers. Longbowmen don't seem to do ANYTHING to elephants, and none of my spearmen last more than a couple seconds against them.
I have... resorted to "auto_win defender" more than a couple times vs them. (Kinda broke down and started using that more after initially using it to counter the elephant CTD bug, and siege lag bug...)
That and extensive assassin use are the only thing keeping them under control right now, haha.

**antisocialmunky** · 01-22-2007, 03:40

Aren't Cannon/Eocket Elephants mercenary units you can get around there?

**pike master** · 01-22-2007, 04:10

on my conquer all the world campaign they came in north of the caucusus * in eastern russia but i bet that they appear in differetn places to throw a person off when they play another campaign.