Medieval Kingdoms Total War: MERCENARIES

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This thread is going to be all about mercenaries available for all factions across the map !
Here are some of the new ones and the list will be updated on the go of course .


Genoese Crossbowmen

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Swiss Pikemen

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Swiss Halberdiers

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Italian Mercenaries

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Condottieri

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German Knights (can be made a faction specific german knight unit as well)

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Stradioti (albanian and greek light cavalry)

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[The_Culverin]

Nice work!

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[masaldala]

I can't wait!

[SerbianWOLF]

Amazing !

[finix]

Sweet mother of god ...those germans are panzers...even and I'm impressed

[You_Guess_Who]

Ooh, I love how...polished the plated horse barding now.

[Ltd.]

Yeah I adjusted the texture to better fit with my new armor textures the unit has but sly did a superb job with this horse armor model itself .

[You_Guess_Who]

I think regional mercenaries should be planned as well for the future, along with AOR.

[lion8000]

They look amazing. Will they be available for every nation.

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This thread is going to be all about mercenaries available for all factions across the map !
Here are some of the new ones and the list will be updated on the go of course .

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[lufc2806]

sweet baby jesus and the orphans those lances are amazing

[Ciruelo]

Awesome work!

[Påsan]

Great looking units. Love the look of the new Jousting-style lances.

For multiplayer balance I'd encurage you to make mercenaries less than cost-effective. To discourage every faction bringing mercenaries aplenty to overcome their weaknesses. For example eastern factions with sub-par pole weapon infantry being filled with swiss pikemen and halbadiers or Sweden owning the cav game with german knights (Although that would be very historical)

So if they cost a bit more than they are worth (As in more than faction-specific comparable units) then the faction retains a bit of its flavor since you cannot rely on mercenaries to win the battle, but they can help overcoming a disadvantage.

[Lucem Mundum]

Mercenaries shouldn't even be playable in costume battle, unless they are hireable in the region of the chosen faction. Similarly to how it was done in Med 2.

[You_Guess_Who]

Great looking units. Love the look of the new Jousting-style lances.

For multiplayer balance I'd encurage you to make mercenaries less than cost-effective. To discourage every faction bringing mercenaries aplenty to overcome their weaknesses. For example eastern factions with sub-par pole weapon infantry being filled with swiss pikemen and halbadiers or Sweden owning the cav game with german knights (Although that would be very historical)

So if they cost a bit more than they are worth (As in more than faction-specific comparable units) then the faction retains a bit of its flavor since you cannot rely on mercenaries to win the battle, but they can help overcoming a disadvantage.

That can be dealt with giving mercs custom battle unit cap. Also, custom battle cost and campaign cost are two different things.

[Rayn Sideways]

That can be dealt with giving mercs custom battle unit cap.

I agree with this. I'm all for having as many units available for Custom Battles as possible, since that's where I personally spend most of my time (preferring the ability to quickly jump in, get some battle action, and jump out). Having them unit capped keeps them present but prevents them being a crutch.

[Påsan]

That can be dealt with giving mercs custom battle unit cap. Also, custom battle cost and campaign cost are two different things.

Caps would do some work. I still say making them less cost-effective than equivalent faction units is a better way to preserve the uniqueness of a lot of the factions. Even if you capped German Knights at two, its still going to go a long way to make up for Sweden or Scotland's lack of super-elite cav. Having them cost more makes more sense to me. Mercenaries should not be a go-to unit, they should be a last resort and they should cost imo.

Not having them in custom battle is out of the question. The game don't even have a campaign yet

[Linke]

What do you have planned for the muslim world wich famously used slaves for battle?
I don't know so well what should be but west africans for the almoravids and those mamluk slaves of course, kurd raiders, Kwharezmian cavalry?

[Kjertesvein]

What do you have planned for the muslim world wich famously used slabes for battle?
I don't know so well what should be but west africans for the almoravids and mamluks of course, kurd raiders, Kwharezmian cavalry?

*Googles Medieval slabes. Finds nothing. Looks down at the keyboard, see that b and v are located close together. Nods slowly in a confirming manner.*

~Wille