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    Hey, so i'm playing an early era campaign as England and I just finished conquering Scotland and I subsequently upgraded Iverness to a Castle. I built a drill sqaure, but it seems that the only scottish infantry I can recruit are highlanders. Do foreigners only get access to the basic units? or do I need to upgrade the castle further?

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    You have to wait till ~1300, then you can recruit scottish pikes.
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    It's called AoR.

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    oh, is this a new feature with 6.3? I never remember having to wait until a certain date to recruit units before.

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    Default Re: can the English get Scottish pikes?

    AOR=Area of Recruitment
    RR is what limits recruitment, it is historical.

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    I'm not sure about 6.3 - I can't really remember - but in 6.4, certain units need certain events to occur before you can recruit them or build the buildings necessary for their recruitment. Pikemen are a unit that require an event. Although, it seems the Scots get pikes first.

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    But he is not the Scots, so they will probably be available later even in Scottish regions.

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    Why is it that rebel armies don't follow the events then? I am playing as England and i'm only 50 turns in and some rebel armies consist of longbowmen and even yeoman archers! Yet i have to wait till 1270 to get them?

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    Because rebels can't be made to get crappy units in the beginning and better units later, it's either crappy units all the way through or good units all the way through. In order to make them a challenge, the second option was chosen.

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    It also makes the rebels a bit of a nuisance in the early campaign as they rape militia stacks with good units.

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    Ever faced a single unit of Flemish Pikemen in the early campaign with spear militia? oh the horror, the horror.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Tomato_Sandwich View Post
    Ever faced a single unit of Flemish Pikemen in the early campaign with spear militia? oh the horror, the horror.
    i hate trying to invade flanders in early campaign for this exact reason.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Ferdiad View Post
    It also makes the rebels a bit of a nuisance in the early campaign as they rape militia stacks with good units.

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    Yes I have...I had to get mental help.

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    Then, can the Scots get British longbowmen eventually? OR what about French knights if they over France. Sorry I'm an Stainless Steel Newb. I'm still trying to figure it out.

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    Quote Originally Posted by BigAsianHawaiian View Post
    Then, can the Scots get British longbowmen eventually? OR what about French knights if they over France. Sorry I'm an Stainless Steel Newb. I'm still trying to figure it out.

    oh no no no! you cant recrruit gendarmes, lancers and chivalric knights even if you conquer/eliminate the Frenchies

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    Quote Originally Posted by guyverlance View Post
    oh no no no! you cant recrruit gendarmes, lancers and chivalric knights even if you conquer/eliminate the Frenchies
    HRE can recruit Burgundian Gendarmes upon conquering some French regions.

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    Default Re: can the English get Scottish pikes?

    In certain areas there are units you can only recruit from that location. Scottish pikemen and English longbow men are 2 of those units

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    Go to the EDU and if the unit is classified as Local, you'll be able to recruit it from its native region regardless of what faction you are.

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    Switzerland is worse, all those Swiss units...

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