Get new units?

[Asterix]

i've passed land tech level 18 as Spain (formed the new nation) a while ago and it's now almost 1600- and i still don't have access to Tercio pikemen and the other units this level unlocks. how do i get access to these units? is there some other special thing that needs to be done before i can? thanks in advance.

[StandardUser]

You sure youve changed troop types at the military ledger? maybe youre trying to recruit in a non core?

[Asterix]

You sure youve changed troop types at the military ledger? maybe youre trying to recruit in a non core?

i totally did not know about this. damn EU3 tutorial....doesn't tell you anything.... +rep for you. thanks much.

[StandardUser]

i totally did not know about this. damn EU3 tutorial....doesn't tell you anything.... +rep for you. thanks much.

Ive just been told about this a few days ago by the helpful people in this forum. nothing is better than to pay it forward

[Fracchione]

I also dont understand this mechanic,you change preferred type ok but the manual says "it's not that all your units are that type you choose",,,,,,,!?!??!?

[Tankfriend]

I also dont understand this mechanic,you change preferred type ok but the manual says "it's not that all your units are that type you choose",,,,,,,!?!??!?

The way I see it, you merely select the core unit of your armies, i.e. the army that makes up the bulk of your forces.
If you were to look at your units "in reality", however, they would not solely consist of these units alone. Standard Tercio formation, for example, did not just consist of Tercio pikemen, but of a variety of other unit styles as well, for added support.

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The Tercio was a Renaissance era military formation made up of a mixed infantry formation of about 3,000 pikemen, swordsmen and arquebusiers or musketeers in a mutually supportive formation. It was also sometimes referred to as the Spanish Square. It was widely adopted and dominated European battlefields in the sixteenth century and the first half of the seventeenth century.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tercio

The same would go for creating an army made out of longbowmen, for example. The longbowmen would make up the bulk (or the focal point) of your forces, but they would by no means ever be the only infantry unit your forces use. That would be near impossible to work with in any given battle, because you would completely lack strong close-combat units that can actually hold the line for an extended time.