SnowyNix

Archer

posted 11-17-13 08:29 EST (US)



I came up with these so far:



The Bey (Arabic title. I imagine this Bey as being somewhere at the Snake's skill level, but somewhat stronger. Uses mainly swordsmen with an assassin here and there for attack, accompanied with some horse archers, not too many though. Also engineers for portable shields and battering rams. Doesn't use moats or pitch. Uses square towers with a fair amount of arabian archers on top, no siege engines on them though. Small castles. Not too hard to beat. I imagine him looking a bit like this.)

Bey al-Kursi

Bey al-Mahalla

Bey al-Taula

Bey al-Bahri

Bey al-Muhajer

Bey al-Majid

Bey al-Akhdar

Bey al-Adil



The Nomarch (Not to be confused with Monarch, Nomarch is an Egyptian title. A moderately powerful AI, somewhat similar to the Caliph. Uses pitch, fire ballistae, slaves and boiling oil. However, his castle is much stronger. A big square castle fortified with round towers (lookout towers here and there), with pitch relatively far from the castle. I don't really know what he should look like.)

Nomarch Ramesid

Nomarch Ammon

Nomarch Djoser

Nomarch Ishaq

Nomarch Heru

Nomarch Menes

Nomarch Sefu

Nomarch Zuberi



The Sheikh (Arabic title. A lord similar to the Emir. Smaller castles with square towers, but similar shape. Uses horse archers and arabian swordsmen for attacks, along with catapults. For defence uses tower mounted ballistae and fire ballistae. He should look like this, but not literally that, as that's a drawing of a real sheikh, we'll need to adjust the facial features.)

Sheikh Salim

Sheikh Yasser

Sheikh Hamid

Sheikh Haidar

Sheikh Asif

Sheikh Fathi

Sheikh Imran

Sheikh Isa



The Mirza (Arabic title. By far the most difficult Arabian lord. He is fascinated with the European weaponry, and so uses knights and pikemen in attacks (but also horse archers, engineers and arabian swordsmen) along with crossbowmen (but also arabian bows, fire ballistae, ballistae and trebuchets) on defence! He also periodically sends out knights to wreak havoc just like Phillip. Mirza literally means "son of a bitch an Emir", so I thought, if the Emir uses euro archers, why can't his son take it to the next level? He has complex castles similar to the Wolf's and Frederick's, I imagine them being triangular like Frederick's, but with thick walls, big towers and generally looking more intimidating - like the Wolf's. This is what he should look like, more or less.)

Mirza Javed

Mirza Ali

Mirza Omid

Mirza Vahid

Mirza Shahnaz

Mirza Mahdi

Mirza Bahram

Mirza Esmail



The Wali (Turkish title. Similar to Saladin, but also uses killing pits and pitch (a lot of them), moats and dog cages. He's slightly paranoid, but otherwise a powerful ruler. I imagine him looking like this.)

Wali "The Judicious"

Wali "The Deliberate"

Wali "The Prudent"

Wali "The Pondering"

Wali "The Sage"

Wali "The Cautious"

Wali "The Vigilant"

Wali "The Wary"



The Pasha (Turkish title. Moderately powerful. Has a reasonably strong castle with siege engineers with oil and mangonels. Uses horse archers and arabian swordsmen. Nothing special. I imagine him with a masked face, just like the Caliph for example.)

Pasha Adem

Pasha Emre

Pasha Onur

Pasha Yusuf

Pasha Musa

Pasha Mehmet

Pasha Karim

Pasha Suleyman



The Viscount (English title. As a welshman (all the cities below are Welsh), he enjoys the company of his fellow welshmen - tunnelers. He uses them in every single one of his attacks, and a fair lot of them too. He will do everything to undermine your walls. Therefore he uses no siege equipment in attacks, although he has ballistae on his towers. He also uses macemen and archers for attacks. He uses crossbowmen, the aforementioned ballistae, archers and killing pits in his castle for defence. Not too much of a threat, but an interesting enemy nonetheless, since no one except for the Lionheart ever uses tunnelers. He could also be the first Crusader enemy to be masked, maybe with armour like this.)

Viscount of Wrexham

Viscount of Caerphilly

Viscount of Newport

Viscount of Pontypool

Viscount of Bridgend

Viscount of Merthyr

Viscount of Cardiff

Viscount of Port Talbot



The Viceroy (English title. He seeks glory in his desert adventure, but being from a shitty little island, he doesn't really know much about advanced warfare. Uses swordsmen, pikemen and archers with no siege equipment for attacks, and aside of tower-mounted ballistae, only uses archers for defence. Has simple rectangular castles and generally isn't much of a threat. He could have ringmail on his head like this and a scarred face with a bit of a goatee, I dunno.)

Viceroy of Jersey

Viceroy of Man

Viceroy of Guernsey

Viceroy of Anglesey

Viceroy of Wight

Viceroy of Alderney

Viceroy of Sark

Viceroy of Jethou



6 arab lords and 2 crusader ones to even things out - there would be 12 of both factions with this mod.



Anyway, mod! I'd love to make this a thing. I could work on the AIV's, text lines, sound and character design possibly. I'm not good at coding, and this is where your help comes into it. Also would be interested in making a new Crusader trail and a new Extreme trail with these guys, but that could wait till later. I imagine it wouldn't be that hard to add eight new lords to Crusader. (New AIVs, new binks, new sounds, new text lines, that's all easy. It may be harder to code the actual opponents in the game, but maybe some fiddling around in a hex editor would find the right spot and right way and stuff.)I came up with these so far:The Bey (Arabic title. I imagine this Bey as being somewhere at the Snake's skill level, but somewhat stronger. Uses mainly swordsmen with an assassin here and there for attack, accompanied with some horse archers, not too many though. Also engineers for portable shields and battering rams. Doesn't use moats or pitch. Uses square towers with a fair amount of arabian archers on top, no siege engines on them though. Small castles. Not too hard to beat. I imagine him looking a bit like