Quote Originally Posted by macsen rufus
I don't think I've ever seen Almughavars in MTW/VI... I have looked for them, but Had some sightings in XL, though.
Got one units last week-end during an Aragonese Campaign. Built an inn in Aragon at the very start and got one unit for hire almost immediately. A nice unit which caused quite a shock to the first AUM that walked towards them thinking they were the usual feudal seargent waiting to be turned into mincemeat Only problem is that they are only available as mercenaries so that you cannot get enough of them to have an actual impact on the campaign. Likewise, the fact that you cannot replace the casulaties causes me to use them with way much too cautiously ... What I can say is that coupled with three units of dismounted Druzina, they make the battles agaisnt the AUM much easier (not really needed at all if you play as Spain, a very nice bonus if you play as Aragon).

The inn was built in something like 1091 I had only been able to hire one unit of Almughavars in 1140 (but I did not checked each year and due to the improvement of my castle, the amount of mercernaries available decreased over time).