Units you want to see return

**Kscott** · March 27, 2006, 07:56 PM

Ok, not a faction disscusion, simply units you loved in MTW.

Highland Clansman-even with scotland a faction, I hope this will be a regional unit. It was always much fun to rasie large armies of Scots and cursh Europe under my heel, while the motherland simply increased its economy.

Viking Era stuff: The vikings and viking landsmen are a must have. The vikings may be comming out of date, but they are still fun as hell to use!

Slav Spearmen: I know you slavs want more than this crapped down unit, but gameplay wise, it proved a good garrisoning force in the east over the usual peasants.

Knights Templar: Nuff said really, this guys are simply gods among men.

Ca make some steppe nomad units(Cumans, pechengs etc) and I will be happy!

**_GunneR_** · March 28, 2006, 01:21 AM

Well i liked the ottoman cavalry great archers and decent in hand to hand. chilvalry sergeants and those gothic units were untouchable!!! i loved those guys.

**XenoOGear** · March 28, 2006, 01:32 AM

id really love to see the byzantine royal axemen people, forgot what they're called, some latin name, but they're awesome

**Swe_gamer** · March 28, 2006, 02:23 AM

Originally Posted by XenoOGear

id really love to see the byzantine royal axemen people, forgot what they're called, some latin name, but they're awesome

The Varangian guard, made up of mostly swedish vikings in the beginning, later from other parts of northern europe. Thats the unit I want see as well.

**IronBrig4** · March 28, 2006, 03:06 AM

English Longbowmen - Once you get these guys up on city walls, it'll be total ownage.

Ghazi Infantrymen - These were my favorite shock troops in MTW. They often fight to the last man.

Armenian Heavy Cavalry - They were weak in a long, drawn out melee, but excellent all-around cavalry.

**MoROmeTe** · March 28, 2006, 03:55 AM

Italian Infantry and Gothich knigts... total battlefield dominance...

**Shaun** · March 28, 2006, 04:09 AM

helberdiers, they were amazing at killing knights, even those hard as nails Royal knights.

**God-Emperor of Mankind** · March 28, 2006, 05:08 AM

Italian infantry(I always bought them when they were available as mercs, very good meatwalls) and some of the viking units(for the early era).

**roman_crusader** · March 28, 2006, 05:08 AM

swiss pikemen, katapharaktoi, and others. that's all i can come up with atm

**Sancho** · March 28, 2006, 08:10 AM

I really loved janisary heavy infantry,i think that only varangian guard can beat these guys

**smoke** · March 28, 2006, 01:44 PM

Good post. I'd love to see Ghazi infantry back. They were no super-units by any means. They were just so touching with their fantacism, little axes and headbands...

Also the Varangian guard. They continued rocking the battlefield.

The Bulgarian archers, can't remember the name, were excellent skirmishers as well as melee-units.

VIKINGS! The Danes and the whole game wouldn't be the same without Huscarls. Here's hoping they're in, they're mean and available as mercs.

How about the horsemen from Lithuania (name?) great hardy troops that rocked the early game.

EDIT: forgot about the Swabian swordsmen!

It'd be a mayor downer if these troops aren't in the game. Vikings and ghazis, CA. Vikings and ghazis!

**Mathias** · March 28, 2006, 01:49 PM

Everything viking influenced. No one is better at raiding than the good ol' vikings

**God** · March 28, 2006, 02:36 PM

something similar to the kensai from Shogun. something unstoppable

**Chuffy** · March 28, 2006, 02:49 PM

The Bulgarian archers, can't remember the name, were excellent skirmishers as well as melee-units.

Bulgarian Brigands.

Billmen I can't wait to see return, Halberdiers, but with good morale!

Byzantine Infantry. Those guys were great, they could have used more morale, but a unit of 100 with good armour and a decent attack can't be sniffed at.

Almohad Urban Militia! Those guys were so good!

**Gottskalk** · March 28, 2006, 04:14 PM

Definetly Swabian swordmen! damn i loved those guys! Heh was also going to say Bohemian bowmen but realized that they were only in the xl mod for medieval 1. They were a nice addition though as i found Swabian swordsmen + Bohemian bowmen army a fun force.

**Hohenstaufen** · March 29, 2006, 06:11 AM

Waiting for those pike walls of swiss pikemen....

**Lpo** · March 29, 2006, 06:29 AM

Billmen + Longbowmen = Dead Frenchmen
I'm extremely confident longbowmen will be back anyway.
Speacial mention to Galloglasses and Lancers.

**HorseArcher** · March 29, 2006, 06:55 AM

Bulgarian brigands (?) or archers ? They were like a very fast moving and good shooting archers, forgot the exact name for them, they were like the equalent of rome time- cretian archers, they could be bought as mercenaries in MTW or built after annexing Bulgaria

Hungarian jobbagy, cheap units (peasants) but with the capability of some skirmishing, fast moving and higher morale than other peasants.

Teutonic knights, my favorite heavy cavalry, despite they didn't get their TLC as well as they should in MTW, they were a force to reckon with in RL.

Spanish cavalry - I beleive they were light but capable skirmisher cavalry in MTW, used javelin missile but they were rated higher in meele than other light cav such as horsearchers, I used them frequently against the almohads.

Byzantine cataphracts. Now those were the real "cats" far more heavier than any cavalry ever known before or after, pretty much like the steam-rollers of the medieval times.

Swiss pikemen (billmen), pretty much the best of all pikemens, they were capable of stopping any cavarly to dead-stop.

**Lusted** · March 29, 2006, 07:01 AM

Byzantine infantry- lovely all rounders

Kataphractoi - heavil armoured steamroller of a unit

Longbowmen - best archers ever

Billmen - lovely little unit

Spanish Lancers - another heavily armoured cavalry unit

Teutonic Kinghts/Knight Templars - i just loved the crusader units

Janissary - all the janissary units

**Fiachdubh** · March 29, 2006, 07:13 AM

Yea more Crusader units such as the Templars and of course the Hospitallars, hell they deserve to be included solely on being the only crusader military order still in existance.