crusader mercenaries

[atila9000]

hi everyone, im playing as the crusader states. the pope declared for a crusade against cairo. so i decided to take a general as a crusader army. the problem is that i want to recruit the crusader mercenaries, such as the spearmen, mounted and dismounted knights in the Jerusalem, Kerak, Antioch regions but none of them appears. the only ones are pilgrims and religious fanatics. any ideas?

[Melooo182]

Those units you are looking are only available in european regions

[Andytheplatypus]

hi everyone, im playing as the crusader states. the pope declared for a crusade against cairo. so i decided to take a general as a crusader army. the problem is that i want to recruit the crusader mercenaries, such as the spearmen, mounted and dismounted knights in the Jerusalem, Kerak, Antioch regions but none of them appears. the only ones are pilgrims and religious fanatics. any ideas?

Its been a while but... Those units are only recruit-able as mercenaries with only a crusading army. I am not sure if you can recruit them as Crusader States while you are on crusade.

[atila9000]

i tried with a crusader states´crusading army near jerusalem, gaza and antioch, but none of the crusading mercenaries appeared. i believe that an early crusade with this faction is quite difficult to be successfull due to the lack of units

[Melooo182]

well you could edit the descr_mercenaries.txt to allow those units in the levant/holy land regions, but it would require a new campaign to take effect.

changes

pool Crusaders_Path regions Damascus_Province Acre_Province Jerusalem_Province Kerak_Province unit Bedouin Cavalry exp 1 cost 415 replenish 0.04 - 0.13 max 2 initial 0 religions { islam } unit Kwarizmian Cavalry exp 2 cost 825 replenish 0.08 - 0.25 max 2 initial 0 end_year 1400 events { mongols_invasion_warn } unit Turkopoles exp 1 cost 370 replenish 0.06 - 0.18 max 2 initial 0 religions { catholic orthodox } unit Pilgrims exp 1 cost 35 replenish 0.3 - 0.35 max 3 initial 1 religions { catholic } crusading unit Religious Fanatics exp 1 cost 70 replenish 0.12 - 0.33 max 3 initial 1 religions { catholic } crusading unit Ghazis exp 1 cost 100 replenish 0.18 - 0.5 max 4 initial 1 religions { islam } crusading unit Mutatawwi'a exp 2 cost 60 replenish 0.08 - 0.25 max 3 initial 1 religions { islam } crusading unit Turkomans Mercs exp 0 cost 385 replenish 0.06 - 0.18 max 3 initial 0 religions { islam } unit Armenians of Celicia exp 1 cost 450 replenish 0.06 - 0.13 max 1 initial 0 start_year 1180 pool Levant regions Edessa_Province Antioch_Province Aleppo_Province Tortosa_Province unit merc galley, exp 1 cost 200 replenish 0.36 - 1.0 max 2 initial 1 religions { islam } crusading unit merc galley, exp 1 cost 1040 replenish 0.03 - 0.15 max 2 initial 1 unit Bedouin Cavalry exp 1 cost 415 replenish 0.04 - 0.13 max 2 initial 0 religions { islam } unit Kwarizmian Cavalry exp 2 cost 825 replenish 0.08 - 0.25 max 2 initial 0 end_year 1400 events { mongols_invasion_warn } unit Turkopoles exp 1 cost 370 replenish 0.06 - 0.18 max 2 initial 0 religions { catholic orthodox } unit Pilgrims exp 1 cost 35 replenish 0.08 - 0.25 max 3 initial 1 religions { catholic } crusading unit Religious Fanatics exp 1 cost 70 replenish 0.12 - 0.33 max 3 initial 1 religions { catholic } crusading unit Ghazis exp 1 cost 100 replenish 0.18 - 0.5 max 4 initial 1 religions { islam } crusading unit Mutatawwi'a exp 2 cost 60 replenish 0.08 - 0.25 max 3 initial 1 religions { islam } crusading unit Turkomans Mercs exp 0 cost 385 replenish 0.06 - 0.18 max 3 initial 0 religions { islam } unit Armenians of Celicia exp 1 cost 450 replenish 0.06 - 0.13 max 1 initial 0 start_year 1180 Change it to: pool Crusaders_Path regions Damascus_Province Acre_Province Jerusalem_Province Kerak_Province unit Bedouin Cavalry exp 1 cost 415 replenish 0.04 - 0.13 max 2 initial 0 religions { islam } unit Kwarizmian Cavalry exp 2 cost 825 replenish 0.08 - 0.25 max 2 initial 0 end_year 1400 events { mongols_invasion_warn } unit Turkopoles exp 1 cost 370 replenish 0.06 - 0.18 max 2 initial 0 religions { catholic orthodox } unit Pilgrims exp 1 cost 35 replenish 0.3 - 0.35 max 3 initial 1 religions { catholic } crusading unit Religious Fanatics exp 1 cost 70 replenish 0.12 - 0.33 max 3 initial 1 religions { catholic } crusading unit Crusader Knights exp 2 cost 330 replenish 0.07 - 0.17 max 2 initial 0 religions { catholic } crusading unit Crusader Sergeants exp 1 cost 165 replenish 0.07 - 0.17 max 3 initial 0 religions { catholic } crusading unit Dismounted Crusader Knights exp 0 cost 220 replenish 0.07 - 0.17 max 2 initial 0 religions { catholic } crusading unit Ghazis exp 1 cost 100 replenish 0.18 - 0.5 max 4 initial 1 religions { islam } crusading unit Mutatawwi'a exp 2 cost 60 replenish 0.08 - 0.25 max 3 initial 1 religions { islam } crusading unit Turkomans Mercs exp 0 cost 385 replenish 0.06 - 0.18 max 3 initial 0 religions { islam } unit Armenians of Celicia exp 1 cost 450 replenish 0.06 - 0.13 max 1 initial 0 start_year 1180 pool Levant regions Edessa_Province Antioch_Province Aleppo_Province Tortosa_Province unit merc galley, exp 1 cost 200 replenish 0.36 - 1.0 max 2 initial 1 religions { islam } crusading unit merc galley, exp 1 cost 1040 replenish 0.03 - 0.15 max 2 initial 1 unit Bedouin Cavalry exp 1 cost 415 replenish 0.04 - 0.13 max 2 initial 0 religions { islam } unit Kwarizmian Cavalry exp 2 cost 825 replenish 0.08 - 0.25 max 2 initial 0 end_year 1400 events { mongols_invasion_warn } unit Turkopoles exp 1 cost 370 replenish 0.06 - 0.18 max 2 initial 0 religions { catholic orthodox } unit Pilgrims exp 1 cost 35 replenish 0.08 - 0.25 max 3 initial 1 religions { catholic } crusading unit Religious Fanatics exp 1 cost 70 replenish 0.12 - 0.33 max 3 initial 1 religions { catholic } crusading unit Crusader Knights exp 2 cost 330 replenish 0.07 - 0.17 max 2 initial 0 religions { catholic } crusading unit Crusader Sergeants exp 1 cost 165 replenish 0.07 - 0.17 max 3 initial 0 religions { catholic } crusading unit Dismounted Crusader Knights exp 0 cost 220 replenish 0.07 - 0.17 max 2 initial 0 religions { catholic } crusading unit Ghazis exp 1 cost 100 replenish 0.18 - 0.5 max 4 initial 1 religions { islam } crusading unit Mutatawwi'a exp 2 cost 60 replenish 0.08 - 0.25 max 3 initial 1 religions { islam } crusading unit Turkomans Mercs exp 0 cost 385 replenish 0.06 - 0.18 max 3 initial 0 religions { islam } unit Armenians of Celicia exp 1 cost 450 replenish 0.06 - 0.13 max 1 initial 0 start_year 1180

[atila9000]

thank you, but i think ill still play with the vanilla SS. by the way, where do you get the great cross unit?

EDIT: how do you guys go on a crusade as the crusader states, early campaign at its early stages?

[vin2579]

By the way, where do you get the great cross unit?

I always find them near Italy.

How do you guys go on a crusade as the crusader states, early campaign at its early stages?

You don't, hide in your cities and build forts while you wait for the bulk of Europe's crusader armies to arrive and then join and assist them as needed.