Units Ahead of Time

**Pops** · September 02, 2017, 11:38 PM

Hey guys, I'm playing SS 6.4 as France with BGR IV. I'm only in 1161, and Spain is rolling out men-at-arms. Is this normal? I thought they weren't available until later.

**Riva** · September 07, 2017, 11:23 PM

There are two possibilities for the AI to receive units ahead of time:

1. Depending on the difficulty of the campaign, the AI receives scripted reinforcements. Sometimes those stacks contain units that are not yet available.

2. Rebels that are spawning randomly sometimes also contain units that are not yet available, the AI can bribe those rebels to join their armies.

**Strategos Autokrator** · September 08, 2017, 09:36 AM

Do you play at a slower pace than usual? When I do, a Citadel will give the enemy factions (and myself) men-at-arms when you get to the "plate armour" event. Irritating, I wanna mod it to a certain date (1400ish), but don't know how.

**Pops** · September 10, 2017, 09:22 PM

Maybe my install is broken, I captured a Citadel and it could produce Men-At-Arms in 1191 :/

**Pops** · October 13, 2017, 11:37 PM

Bumping it. As far as the regular units go, I am playing with real recruitment disabled. So the men at arms coming out so early isn't a problem :/

I ran into a moorish army in 1196 with camel gunners. With real recruitment disabled, gunpowder can just be built before the gunpowder event now?