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  1. September 03, 2006, 11:04 PM #1
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    Default The "what units will be or won't be in the game"

    After looking at the current 3D previews on .com, I want to know what other units they will include and what units won't make the cut.

    Let's make it like this:

    - Guess, what units will be in , that hasn't been displayed yet, but you think they should be in. (by just going back to the history books)



    Please, don't say "peasants" or "bodyguards", those aren't really special, but name the unit.

    You cannot name a unit, that is featured on the .com already.

    Here is my guess list:


    will be in (if not i'll start throwing things)

    - Teutonic Knights
    - Bulgar Brigands
    - billmen
    - swiss pikemen
    - feudal sergeants
    - Knights of Santiago
    - Pronoiai Allagion
    - Ottoman Spahi
    - Gallowglasses
    - Vikings
    - Steppe Cavalry
    - Trebizond Archers
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  2. September 03, 2006, 11:11 PM #2
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    Default Re: The "what units will be or won't be in the game"

    Units that won't be in it:

    Ceithernn
    Fianadi

    Both units that should be proper Irish Rebels or possibly even Scottish Units.

    Units that will be in:
    Highlanders
    Gallóglaigh
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    Default Re: The "what units will be or won't be in the game"

    Quote Originally Posted by Archer
    You cannot name a unit, that is featured on the .com already.
    You broke your own rule!

    - Trebizond Archers
    Quote Originally Posted by CA units gallery
    These archers hail from the edge of the Black Sea and ply their trade in the service of Byzantium. Recruited from the peasantry but well trained in the use of the compound bow, they are effective against most lightly armoured infantry and, when grouped in large numbers, can become a real thorn in the side of any opponent.
    Will be in:

    Genoese Archers/crossbowmen
    several types of Janissaries
    Varangian Guard
    Boyars
    cataphracts
    Almohad urban militia
    Swiss halberdiers
    Gendarmes

    Will not be in:

    Scottish Pikemen
    Almguvars(sp?) (no aragon this time )
    Border Reivers

    Out of those I would love most to have the Border Reivers, They would give England and Scotland a great unit of light cavalry to counter France's probably advantage in Heavy Cavalry (Gendarmes).
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    http://www.sorbie.net/S_Reivers.jpg
    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Border_Reivers

    Quote Originally Posted by wiki
    They wore light armour such as brigandines or "jacks of plaite", and a metal helmet such as a burgonet or cabasset; hence their nickname of the steel bonnets. They were armed with a lance and small shield, and sometimes also with a longbow, or a light crossbow known as a "latch"...
    ...As soldiers, the Border Reivers were considered among the finest light cavalry in all of Europe. After meeting one Reiver, Walter Scott of Buccleuch, who had broken a prisoner out of Carlisle Castle, Queen Elizabeth I is quoted as having said that "with ten thousand such, James (VI) could shake any throne in Europe."
    But I know that CA will never add a horse archer unit to a Western European faction.
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  4. September 04, 2006, 12:21 AM #4
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    Default Re: The "what units will be or won't be in the game"

    Quote Originally Posted by Mudd
    Units that will be in:
    Highlanders
    Not a problem for me.



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  5. September 04, 2006, 04:25 AM #5
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    I'd be really disappointed if Scottish pikeman werent included. I'm not Scottish but even I wouldnt neglect the fact that Scottisch pike formations were the backbone of their formations. These units were called Schiltrons and my geuss is that they WILL be included in the game.
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    Default Re: The "what units will be or won't be in the game"

    can you guys also add units, that were not featured in medieval 1 :TW, and probably won't be in M2:TW, but due to their significance in medieval times, they should be in? I'm very interested knowing about such units.
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    Default Re: The "what units will be or won't be in the game"

    - Desert archer/cavalry
    - Berber camels
    - Mameluks
    - Nubian spearmen
    - Russ spearmen
    - Jacko(???) (the hungrian peasant)
    - Turcopoles
    - Polish medium cavalry
    - Lithuanian medium cavalry (surely not in game)
    - Byzantine infantry
    - Bazooka bull chariot = europan version of the rocket elephant.
    - Armenian Naraxars (not in game too)
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  8. September 04, 2006, 01:38 PM #8
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    Default Re: The "what units will be or won't be in the game"

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    Default Re: The "what units will be or won't be in the game"

    Tudor knights
    viking hersirs
    sacaren faris
    knight of outremer
    italian milita
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