Byzantine+other faction units..

[Skyshadow]

First of all,hello!I am new to these forums and this is my 1st post!

My questions have to do mostly with byzantines and 2handed units from other factions.

First of all,i see that new byzantine units have been introdused to kingdoms expansion,yet i cant get them when i play m2tw classic and i take them only at the crusades campaign..Why is that?Also,why are byzantine spearmen so bad?(in classic m2tw)

Secondly,i just installed patch 1.5 and have no mods,is there any other update i should be aware of?

And thirdly,i am a huge fan of 2handers in battle,yes HRE,Denmark who are suposed to have some uber 2handers,have the worst!!(Varagian guard rocks!)I read somewhere they are buged,but its not only that,their stats are actually crap,14 attack-11 def for a high tier unit is a joke(zweihander)...Especialy when DFK have 13-21!Anything that can be done about this?Actually kingdoms didnt add anything to my m2tw classic campaign,just some new campaigns.Is moding the only solution to add more to my m2tw classic campaign?

[Pericles of Athens]

yep got to mod

[Ishan]

Is moding the only solution to add more to my m2tw classic campaign?

Yes.
Though you can try released mods that have already taken care of the things you mentioned.
btw the welcome to TWC mate.

[Skyshadow]

Yes.
Though you can try released mods that have already taken care of the things you mentioned.
btw the welcome to TWC mate.

Its nice to be here ,can you please name the addons that will help me?(I am quite a rookie in this area so i will need all help possible) and even mentioning how i install mods would be nice ^^.

[ChivalrousKiller]

Kingdoms Grand Campaign Mod add all the units from Kingdoms to the various factions (in addition to many of the regions, all the Kingdoms factions, and faction leaders like Richard the Lionheart, Saladin and Frederick Barbarossa)
http://www.twcenter.net/forums/forumdisplay.php?f=559

In addition, you can try the Retrofit Mod (with Grand Unit Addon) that adds many units to the Byzantines

[AnthoniusII]

Mods like:
Stainless Steel
Deus lo Volt
ussing the 1st version of the Komnenea Unit roster package of byzantine troops.

Broken Cresent uses its own package of that kind of troops.