After playing a few rounds of custom battles with the Russian Bassilisks, I really want to go back to my Russian campaign. They can shoot clear across the map with amazing accuraccy. Combined with cossack musketeers, they demoralize the enemy like crazy. Having 20 bassilisks against 1000+ peasants is hilarious.

The one thing I don't like is how you can't put artillery such as ballistas and mortars on your walls. Ballistas are basically useless in defending settlements. But if you could mount them on your walls with your troops, they could prove to be quite usefull.