Favorite Units?

[caravel]

I was a little shocked at Caravel's remarks about JHI. I guess it's just from not using them. So they are a favourite unit, although really I find them too powerful. I think the discussion about under-rated units was more interesting.

Hmmm... how to get my point across regarding JHI...

Firstly I'm mainly an early period player, so I'm usually in a very strong position by the high period anyway and haven't needed JHI thus far. They can only be trained in one province in the vanilla game, that is the province with the Grand Mosque and Military Academy (unless you demolish the mosque and rebuild it etc). It takes quite a while to tech up to them also. Secondly they don't really fit my style of battle and the tactics I use. As the Turks my armies tend to be heavy with Saracen Infantry and skirmishers such as Futuwwa and Turcoman Foot, but cavalry such as AHC and Turcoman Horse make up the bulk of my forces. I like to have a very mobile force, and not one made up of heavy infantry units (this is probably what I meant by "slow", bad choice of wording on my part.). When the Janissaries do become available I will train a few, mostly JI rather than JHI. Thirdly I'm not a big fan of uber units. I find units such as Viking Huscarles overpowered and unchallenging to use.

Really I suppose it's down to personal preference.

-Edit: Almost forgot my manners there. Welcome to the org, and the main hall in particular, sharpshooter. You clearly know your stuff.