To Defeat Infidel Crusaders...

[Mega Tortas de Bodemloze]

I give you the perfect weapon......Desert Cavalry{These stats/illustrations copied from Hogna's Marvelous archieves and ALL credit for them goes to Him/Her.}

A squad of eight or more of these, preferably led by a General/FM can take out a Crusading General{s} and then retreat to live to fight again. Simpley use the FM/General as bait for the Crusaders then let your swift footed assasins do their work.

This simple solution is availible to the Eygptian & Moorish Factions...

Honga's archives may be found sticked at the top of this forum. If you have not seen it yet please check it out. It is an excellent sourse of knowelegde regarding units & buildings.






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The Desert Cavalry are a mixture of Moors and Arabs living in the arid and desert regions of North Africa and the Middle East. The heat of the desert makes armour unpopular with these men, but their loose-fitting robes give them protection both from the sun, and spent missiles or light blows. Armed with javelins these fast moving units are best against other light troops, or harassing enemy flanks where can stay out of harm's way. Armour upgrade
Leather Tanner
A Leather Tanner offers the most basic armour improvements to new and retrained units.

Class and categorymissile cavalry
Class, category

SoldierDesert_Cavalry, 24, 0, 1
Soldier model, Number of the soldier, Number of extras, Mass of the men

Mountfast pony, elephant -4, camel -4
Type of animal or vehicle ridden on and its effect

Engine and Ship
Siege engine or ship

Attributessea_faring, hide_forest, very_hardy, can_withdraw, cantabrian_circle
A miscellanious list of attributes and abilities the unit may have

Formation2, 4.4, 3, 6, 3, square
Soldier spacing side to side, Front to back for close formation, Side to side, Front to back for loose formation, Number of rankings, Formations possible for the unit

Hit points1, 0
Hit points of man, Hit points of mount or attached animal (Ridden horses and camels do not have separate hit points)

Primary weapon7, 2, cav_javelin, 45, 6, thrown, missile_mechanical, piercing, spear, 0, 1, ap, thrown
Attack factor, Charging bonus factor, Missile type, Range of missile, Missile ammunition, Weapon type, Tech type, Damage type, Sound type, Min delay between attacks, Skeleton compensation factor in melee, Weapon attributes

Secondary weapon4, 6, no, 0, 0, melee, melee_blade, piercing, sword, 50, 1, no
Attack factor, Charging bonus factor, Missile type, Range of missile, Missile ammunition, Weapon type, Tech type, Damage type, Sound type, Min delay between attacks, Skeleton compensation factor in melee, Weapon attributes

Primary armour0, 2, 3, flesh
Armour factor, Defensive skill, Shield factor, Sound type

Secondary armour0, 0, flesh
Animal's or vehicle's armour factor, Defensive skill, Shield factor, Sound type

Heat and ground effect0, 0, 2, -4, -2
Extra fatigue suffered by the unit in hot climates, Scrub, Sand, Forest, Snow

Mental9, low, untrained
Morale, Discipline, Training

Cost1, 560, 260, 100, 75, 560, 4, 130
Number of turns to build, Cost of unit to construct, Cost of upkeep, Cost of upgrading weapons, Cost of upgrading armour, Cost for custom battles, Limit in custom battle, Cost for punish

Ownership factions
The Moors



Desert Cavalry
missile cavalry
Fast skirmishers with javelins, best used to harass enemy flanks and fend off archers.


Egypt



Desert Cavalry
missile cavalry
Fast skirmishers with javelins, best used to harass enemy flanks and fend off archers.


Rebels



Desert Cavalry
missile cavalry
Fast skirmishers with javelins, best used to harass enemy flanks and fend off archers.

[Vince Noir]

One unit of longbowmen would destroy a horde of desert cavalry.

[Mega Tortas de Bodemloze]

One unit of longbowmen would destroy a horde of desert cavalry.

True, but If your an Infidel Crusader General you should tremble in your sleep at the mere thought of Desert Cavlary....

[Gnostiko]

Have to agree; even though the Romans have their own decent cavalry I hated these guys. Thankfully RR/RC has reduced them to saner levels.

[LionQ]

An army of a couple of Turkish Horse Archers or Turkomans is equally effective; and not just against Crusading armies. I've taken tons of settlements just by sieging them with 3 Turkoman units. The AI will sally forth from the fortress with a small garisson, which you shoot to pieces. Works against any small to medium garisson as long as there's not too much cavalry in it.

You can also send one unit to the city square, controlling the city. The timer will make all enemy units retreat back to the fortress, which you can then just run down with the other 2 Turkoman units by having them melee-attack the retreating hostiles. Some might consider this bug abuse, though.

[Mega Tortas de Bodemloze]

An army of a couple of Turkish Horse Archers or Turkomans is equally effective; and not just against Crusading armies. I've taken tons of settlements just by sieging them with 3 Turkoman units. The AI will sally forth from the fortress with a small garisson, which you shoot to pieces. Works against any small to medium garisson as long as there's not too much cavalry in it.

You can also send one unit to the city square, controlling the city. The timer will make all enemy units retreat back to the fortress, which you can then just run down with the other 2 Turkoman units by having them melee-attack the retreating hostiles. Some might consider this bug abuse, though.

Words of Wisdom. thanks for the Tip......+Rep