Moors: Camel Gunners are the BOMB!

[Varyar]

Woa! Awsome, ive got to try that...how do you gain access to the camel-gunners?

By building a Caravansary in a Fortress/Citadel and wait for the gunpowder age.

[Shahed]

Thanks for the compliments.

BTW it was'nt my Grandad, was a friend's. And yes Doug that's exactly what I meant to say by ordinary, althoug that clearly was't the best word. BTW if you like period movies about the Middle East you might like The Message, and Omar Mukhtar: Lion of the Desert, if you have'nt seen those already. They are not quite the same as Lawrence of Arabia but I liked both of them when I watched them many years ago.

Anyone know if Tuareg Camels are bribeable or available for merc-hire ?

[Shahed]

I looked this up to share the link and...

...to answer my own question a few months later (HOLY FREKIN THREAD REVIVAL BATMAN !!!) Tuareg Camels are not available as mercs.

[Matty]

camel gunners are over powered in my opinion. Elephant missile troops are tremendously powerful but have a catastrophic downside if they rout - camel's only weak point is their lack of armour so they are vulnerable to massed missle attack. Sneak a couple of units around the back of the enemy in a night battle and let them open up into the generals unit.

[dismal]

Camel gunners are indeed quite insane in certain circumstances.

They are relatively hard to get - IIRC you need a citadel plus caravansary then you get one very infrequently. Plus, of course, you have to wait for gunpowder. They didn't come along in my campaign until the game was about over.

I had one army of about 5 camel gunners, a bunch of jav cav (Desert cav and Granadine Jinetes), and one general.

The Danes tried to attack this army across a bridge. I put my camel gunners in a row just up a hill, with my jav cav in a row just behind. The camel gunners just blasted away at this big lump of troops the whole time across the bridge. When they started climbing the hill, I simply backed off my camels and let them walk up hill into a hail of javelins. The casualties were something like 1200 to 5. Each of the camel units had 100 or so kills.

They gain experience crazy fast.

[Agent Smith]

I love the Moors. They are one of my favorite factions second only to the Russians. They have good archers at the second level range, crossbowmen, good spear units, heavy infantry, heavy cav, the works!

[Richard The Tiger Heart]

I remember that my first multiplayer battle was against the moors and Ill never forget the enemy army sightings. The opposing player had chosen about 8 camel gunner units!

Although they looked pretty neat at the start I defeat the Moor army, thanks to my retinue longbowmen...