Janissaries?

**Spart** · November 11, 2006, 08:23 AM

Sorry, but I really need to know, how to recruit Janissary heavy infantry. I'm playing my Turkish campaign now. I went adventuring to the building browser, checked all buildings for cities and castles, and I couldn't find Janissaries. Or I did find janissaries, but not heavy janissaries. Turkish unit collection seems a bit weak without them.

This whole city/castle thing seems to be more complicated than I thought, because it was said that in cities you would be able to have only weak militia units, and in castles better units.. After checking the browser it seems that elite units can be recruited from cities too. There are soooo many buildings that it's hard to plan anything..

But anyway, could you enlight me about the Janissary heavy infantry issue?

Oh, and one more question for you: Can turks have Khwarazmian (spelling?) cavalry? They can be chosen in custom battles, but they are in the bottom of unit selection box.. So are they in campaign?

Thank you very much =)

**edmont** · November 11, 2006, 08:30 AM

Could it be provinces which only can allow recruit them?I think I know they would ask you to build the Guild that could be it.(in my campaign I was asked to build Teutonic Guild )The last answer could that be related with gunpowder ?

**Kurogane** · November 11, 2006, 08:35 AM

Wouldn't you have to build certain buildings to recruit certain units? and wouldn't these buildings be able to be built once your settlement has achieved a certain level?

**edmont** · November 11, 2006, 08:41 AM

Some buildings cannot be built by volition ,you have to be asked if you want such building.For example German cannot get Teutonic Chapter in Vienna,but would be asked in Baltic region if he want to build it after Fortress castle level.

**Spart** · November 11, 2006, 09:24 AM

Sure thing, but I really can't find them in any building in the building browser. Could it be that they require a certain historical event or something? Jnaissary heavy infantry seems to be only non-militia melee unit of the Turks, which is pretty bad. Cavalry isn't that good either if only good unit is Qakupula.. I'll keep investigating this. :p

**legionari** · November 11, 2006, 10:42 AM

are they a late period unit

**Soulghast** · November 11, 2006, 10:49 AM

Perhaps they need some reforms.

**bestantreas** · November 11, 2006, 11:00 AM

I think your janissaries will become heavy when you upgrade their stats, armour....

**PlacidDragon** · November 11, 2006, 11:12 AM

They only become available once your cities reach a certain level (first Ottoman Archers, then Janissary Archers, Janissary Heavy Infantry, and at some future point, i imagine you get Janissary Musketeers. Anything but the Musketeers you can get before the gunpowder event.

**Soulghast** · November 11, 2006, 11:19 AM

Janissary Musketeers...Should look cool.

**Sgt Gul** · November 11, 2006, 11:32 AM

how come you guys can play with other factions? do i need to complete the campaign with a faction before unlocking another faction?

**Spart** · November 11, 2006, 11:39 AM

^Yes you need to complete it, or mod the other factions playable (see mod-threads).

I solved the problem! Heavy janissaries are recruitable from cities, when you build a kind of a palace or something like that. This mean, that almost all Turkish infantry is indeed recruitable in cities instead of castles. Saracen Militia, halberd militia and janissaries. Interesting.. =)

**Kroz** · November 11, 2006, 02:19 PM

I know in MTW1 you had to build like five buildings to just get one Jannisary unit type. It may be the same way, or you may have to get a great mosque.