Byzantine Loyalists

**Caliburn** · 05-14-2007, 09:41

I've had my English chrusade attract Saxon Huscarles and I was quite surprised at the time.

**edyzmedieval** · 05-14-2007, 09:46

Not that big thing really. The English had Saxon roots after all. ~

**Roark** · 05-14-2007, 13:16

From what I can gather, the location/faction/era rules are different for rebellions, mercs and crusades.

For example, berserkers will appear in a rebellion, but can never be recruited.

Guns appear prior to 1260...

Don't know the specifics, but anyway.

**edyzmedieval** · 05-14-2007, 13:24

I never got units like Sherwood Foresters and Almughavars...

**seireikhaan** · 05-14-2007, 13:45

Originally Posted by edyzmedieval

I never got units like Sherwood Foresters and Almughavars...

Too bad, both are fun units. Almughavars are a personal favorite of mine, I love it whenever I can manage to find some. As you might've noticed, though, they're kinda rare.

**Vladimir** · 05-14-2007, 21:32

Originally Posted by greaterkhaan

Too bad, both are fun units. Almughavars are a personal favorite of mine, I love it whenever I can manage to find some. As you might've noticed, though, they're kinda rare.

I made armored almughavars recruitable by the Byzantines to hopefully help them fight off the Eggys. They're so awesome.

**bamff** · 05-15-2007, 02:32

Some weird units do indeed get thrown up from time to time, both in crusades and as mercs...

In my current campaign (Aragon) I have had pictish crossbowmen, pictish mounted crossbowmen, and welsh bandits appear in crusade armies....and I have seen lancers among the available mercs a few times now, even though I have just moved from early period to high. Yes, I have resisted the temptation to snap them up.....

Odd units of the right time I can deal with as having been wandering far from home and deciding to join a crusade or rebellion, but units that appear many years ahead of their time are a bit harder to justify, for me.

**seireikhaan** · 05-15-2007, 02:35

Originally Posted by Vladimir

I made armored almughavars recruitable by the Byzantines to hopefully help them fight off the Eggys. They're so awesome.

WTF? You even gave them armor too? You basically just filled the only hole in the Byzantine lineup with one of the best of its kind. Don't you think the Byzantines are already a little overpowered to begin with?

Also, this isn't really the place to ask, but since it came up: How do you mod? I've been trying to figure it out myself and, as usual, I'm hopeless with the computer.