What I think we can agree on, SMZ, is that the AI will usually lose regardless which of the units it controls. Thus the unit balance is fairly even.

Quote Originally Posted by SMZ
With the gunpowder units, even charging - Janissaries, Cossacks, Portugese Arquebusiers and even Sudanese Gunners will still be able to beat the Camels because their melee stats are better and they have more men... in effect, closing to melee just hurries the Camels demise.
Again I have experience stating the opposite. In fact, since the Camel Gunners fire on the move, they are excellent at breaking infantry morale. You ride full speed while shooting, making the AI change to loose formation. Then you stop at close range and charge, and then finally just ride through to reform on the other side. Not even the Janissaries can take that, they turn and run. Despite their rather humble stats, the Camels does get the cavalry charge advantage. Quite versatile.

And if you managed to actually charge the camels with infantry, then you must agree that the AI greatly mismanaged the poor creatures.