Specialized unit,essentially identical to their Lords 2 counterpart: medium range, slower rate of fire, but great firepower, shreds armored units (Knights, swords, pikes) Neutral towns are defended ONLY by peasants, unlike in Lords 2, so all you need are archers early game.Įxpensive salary, though! (16 gold per season!) I haven't used them much, ever.anyone else did?īetter to accumulate swords since they can upgrade to knights (if you disband any unit in their home country - you get your weapons back as long as you have at least 50!)Ĭore unit, essentially identical to their Lords 2 counterpart, huge range. They supposedly are slightly better on the offense but poorer on defense than swordsmen. Salary: 10 gold per seasonĪhhh, the lone unit that was removed for sequel. They form the meat of my frontline for much of the game.Īnother upside is that if you produce many swords, those can be used later for knights (knights require 1 unit of swords and 1 unit of armor). Unlike in Lords 2 (where they lose to every other unit but peasants), they are actually very competent. Decent defense, weak attack.ĭecent substitute for swordsmen if you have TONS of archers and just want some tough units for tanking but want to save on upkeep cost. Unlike in Lords 2, they move the same speed as the same units. So why hire them at all? VERY cheap salary of 2 gold per season- so great garrison troop Decent attack, weak defense.Ĭannot defeat swordsmen, unlike in Lords 2. Same as Lords 2: very weak, but very cheap salary: 1 gold per season I have no hard data on statistics.īiggest difference is that all weapon types cost exactly the same: around 1000 gold, and 1 Iron unit to produce Yes, I have played both games many, many times.

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