Playing as a Muslim Faction

[nzd07]

The muslims control alot of land, but what I hate about them is that they have no decent troop that can easily be made.

For example:

Danes: Vikings, I'm pretty sure all you need is a fort
Byz: Byz infantry, all you need is a swordsmith.
Germans,Italians,English,French,Spanish (I'm missing a few): Feudal swordsman, swordsmith.

See what I mean, troops like these are what help me make large conquests, keep loyalty high, and control rebellions. Plus you don't have to spend extra florins and time on all of those buildings.

The only thing I like about the muslim factions are the Almohad urban militia or else I stay away from Muslim factions because I hate sitting around planning out my structures, I'm not very patient

[Knight of the Rose]

Egyptians:

Fort => Camels

That's all you need



More seriously - if you're too impatiant to build two structures to train units, then I cannot imagine you could finish a campaign.

Examples of good muslim troops:
Mosque + swordsmith: Gazi inf.
Spearmaker upgrade: Muhawid spearmen, saracen spearmen
Horse breeder in africa: saharan cav.
Swordsmith: Arab inf. is a inferior unit compared to catholic heavy inf. But muslim armies should be able to persevere using other methods, especially desert troops on defence or horse archers everywhere...

/KotR

[Roark]

The only thing I like about the muslim factions are the Almohad urban militia or else I stay away from Muslim factions because I hate sitting around planning out my structures, I'm not very patient

Try the Tyberius add-on for XL. It significantly reduces the time required to construct buildings.

[oz_wwjd]

Byz infantry are in my opinion sub-decent,they suffer from low morale,at least in my experience. I never use them in my field armies or as anything below a garrison as with the Tyberius add-on for XL, I have more opitions that I can rely on not to cause a mass chain rout at the most crucial time..