Crusades favourite infantry

**Mattzo12** · February 22, 2009, 07:39 AM

What is your favourite infantry unit for the crusades?

Mine has to be the Eddessan Squires. 425 recruitment, 125 upkeep, 7 attack 14 defence + ap.

**Surgeon** · February 22, 2009, 12:41 PM

Probably a tie between Canons of the Holy Sepulcher and Greek Firethrowers. Both are ridiculously effective against most things in the game.

**eggthief** · February 22, 2009, 01:05 PM

With the latter being a fantasy unit, give me mamluks and you made my day.

**Mattzo12** · February 22, 2009, 03:07 PM

If cannons of the holy sepulcher were not a unique unit they would be my fave.

On custom battles though ...

**Dewy** · February 23, 2009, 05:20 AM

Originally Posted by eggthief

With the latter being a fantasy unit, give me mamluks and you made my day.

You do notice that firethrowers were real

**Cooler King** · February 22, 2009, 04:03 PM

Canons of the Holy Sepulcher are pretty damn cool

**eggthief** · February 23, 2009, 06:05 AM

Yes, but besides the fact that they actually existed in the past, it is a complete fantasy unit. If they were actually that effective then the Byzantines would've never been defeated and we'd be still using those flamethrowers this day.

**Kinshejsi** · February 23, 2009, 06:46 AM

Originally Posted by eggthief

Yes, but besides the fact that they actually existed in the past, it is a complete fantasy unit. If they were actually that effective then the Byzantines would've never been defeated and we'd be still using those flamethrowers this day.

We did use them in WW1 and 2...

**Kinshejsi** · February 23, 2009, 06:59 AM

Originally Posted by eggthief

We'd be still using those flamethrowers this day.

I CAN READ

I just didn't interpret it the way you did.

**Yojimbo** · February 28, 2009, 09:48 PM

Originally Posted by eggthief

Yes, but besides the fact that they actually existed in the past, it is a complete fantasy unit. If they were actually that effective then the Byzantines would've never been defeated and we'd be still using those flamethrowers this day.

It would have been greek fire and the recipe has been lost for centuries. Nobody knows exactly whats in it. they squrited it out of hoses on ships but the land version is dumb wihtout a tank or anything.

And op? yourve heard of crossbows/cavalry/massed archer fire/gunpowder right?

they are sort of buggy and are very slow to get in postion and fire too.

**eggthief** · February 23, 2009, 06:51 AM

*Sigh* Yes they were used later on, so what? Can't you read? All I'm saying is that CA couldn't have made MEDIEVAL flamethrowers more unrealistic than they did with kingdoms. First of all they were just plain lazy for not putting them in in the first place. Secondly, because they came with an expansion pack, they were made terribly overpowered to make the expansion pack look less worthless, honestly which 13 year old isn't drooling when he sees his overpowered unit shoot flames hundreds of yards at his opponet.