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    Default Favourite Mercenaries in M2TW

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    Which are your favourite 3 mercenaries, the one you always hire the moment you see them in the recruitment panel and why? Provided you have the cash of course

    Mine are:
    1) Serbian Knights
    2) Landsknecht
    3) Turkopoles

    I guess it because I love playing Milan, Sicily or Venice. These units are in the region, they bolster gaps in the factions roster. Serbs are better knights than most and all three factions are weaker than others in that area.

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    You mean, apart from Elephants and Elephant Artillery I guess?
    Otherwise the fight is only for 3rd place. :-)

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    Default Re: Favourite Mercenaries in M2TW

    Quote Originally Posted by sherlock View Post
    You mean, apart from Elephants and Elephant Artillery I guess?
    Otherwise the fight is only for 3rd place. :-)
    Those are expensive and post gun powder, what about at game start?
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    i think no one can ignore elephant mercenaries... for me, if i play spain, i always recruit mercenary spearman.. they helped a LOT to hold the line while my javelins tear the enemy.

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    Mercenary spearmen are probably my most useful mercs. These guys are no heroes, but they hold the line until heavy cavalry is ready to charge the enemy from the back. I use crossbow mercs a lot, no particular reason, I just love those SOB's, lol...
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    yeah crossbow mercs are useful especially early stage or when you are playing the moors. They pack a blow with those bolts.

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    Probably Elephant Artillery, Serbian Knights and there's another one that I can't think of the name
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    Religious Fanatics are fun. I've never really fully explored the roster of mercenaries as I usually only recruit them to supplement my armies for a short campaign before disbanding them.

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    any horse archer and elephant units in the late game.

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    Default Re: Favourite Mercenaries in M2TW

    All the crusader type mercenaries, aside for the Pilgrims. The Religious Fanatics are okay though.

    EDIT: How could I have forgotten? Gallogiach and Irish Kerns. Amazing, absolutely amazing.
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    Landshnect Pikemen.

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    Default Re: Favourite Mercenaries in M2TW

    1. Alan Light Cavarly! [huge fan of theirs huge fan of lightly armoured units]
    2. Galloglaich [brute force :drool:]
    3. Unhorsed Knights


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    Default Re: Favourite Mercenaries in M2TW

    Quote Originally Posted by Jiub View Post
    3. Unhorsed Knights
    Do you mean the Crusaders?
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    yes, Gallogiach is a really good infantry, beats any infantry except may be varangians and jhi.

    edit: not that good but still good. they can beat armored swordsman and d. imp. knights, but not jhi and dism. gothic knights or dism. some other knights.
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    Rocket launchers, more because of the fun factor than anything else.
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    1 - Galloglaich, I'm liable to send a ship to Ireland occasionally for no better reason than to recruit them.

    2 - Merc. Spearmen, not spectacular but I've got amazingly good value for money out of them (particularly as Spain).

    3 - Merc. Crossbowmen, same as above. Not the world's greatest units, but they've won me more battles than late-era elites.

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    1 - Merc. Crossbowmen, simply because they are best looking crossbowmen + you can buy them at start

    2 - Slav mercenaries, i am from ,,slav country,, so i use this merc unit quite often

    3 - Alamonoi, extra heavy infantry is always useful and there isnt many merc choices anyway :p

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    Turkopoles when im on a crusade early on cos I cant stand egypt using them agaisnt me so I use em back And I like religious fanatics only because once i was crusading but by the time I got their all I had was my general and some dismounted knights so I built a fort and held of a stack with some knights and men with sticks

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    mercenary monster bombard

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    Mercenary greek fire!
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