Quote Originally Posted by Herpus Derpus View Post
Mainly a turtler, blitzing only when needed, mainly I play France advancing to Metz in the farthest east, and sometimes N. Spain, N. Italy, and taking islands to gain good sea trade.
Yeah, that's probably why you haven't seen the AI with mercenaries. Mercenaries are most useful at the start of the game since they're better than peasants usually.