So I started a campaign as the mamluks for the first time and they are actually quite good despite being killed in every campaign, I have come to the realisation that their lack of missions is what makes them so weak when AI controlled despite being the 2nd great power at the start of the game.
If you was asked to build a mission tree for mamluks what would you include and why?
Hello all, i'm almost done with by prussia campaign and now i want to do a heavy blobbing game with these nations. Muscovy is not included since i just had a campaign with them.
The Abbasid Dynasty is a solid (if bugged) civ, there's no denying that. Yet, it seems that the Mamluk Sultanate period that they supposedly encompass alongside the Abbasid Caliphate itself is completely ignored gameplay wise: No "mamluk" units, the worst heavy cavalry in the game and an absurd focus on camel units that weren't actually a meaningful (if at all) part of any Arab army.
I don't even think a strong lancer would upset balance, as Abbasids are pretty much lacking any powerful cavalry unit, since the camel riders not only are bugged, but are only good against other cavalry and terrible against everything else. It seems kind of wasteful that so many cool unique techs are wasted on what's essentially a mounted spearmen (when the Abbasids already have the best spearmen in the game). I know "anti cavalry" is their thing, but they really don't need two versions of the same unit, specially when they counter and are countered by the exact same things.
I'm not even asking for a buff, they could easily nerf other thing to compensate, or find a non disruptive but flavorful way to include the Mamluk Sultanate aspect of the civ into the game, like in the form of a buff such as Boyar fortitude for the Rus. It just doesn't sit well with me that they represent an empire so notorious for their incredible heavy cavalry yet have the absolute worst knights in the game.
Hi, I'm currently doing linguistic research. And I'm wondering where can I find Kipchak dictionaries that were compiled during the Mamluk period (13th-15th centuries). I've looked so hard but I couldn't find them.
Need some help designing a new civ/culture! Poke holes and offer insight please!
So far, I am leaning towards a few things:
-Ex-Slaves that raid other states for their slaves, who they enlist as warriors and then free them upon them capturing a slave to take their place.
-They use small sailing ships equipped with hulls made of alloys from a long deceased civilization. They have a monopoly on sand sails, giving them complete control over all desert provinces, as this alloy is only found in their territory.
-The capital is built upon the remains of a massive dreadnought that still hovers 10 meters off the ground, giving them a very defensive position.
-They accept all races, but the majority of the states that surround them are Elven and therefore they're mostly Elven.
-They are able to domesticate many of the creatures of the great desert, allowing them to use beast as well as sail to their advantage. Some are the size of modern buses.
-Their culture is very against the use of inebriation as entertainment, as all slaves are typically placated with mind altering substances to keep them subserviant.
-They are religious in practice but do not worship any direct God, and instead in times of abundance offer their surplus to the desert in hopes that in times of scarcity, the desert will return the favor.
Let me know what you think would improve my starting idea.
In the year of 914 of the Hijra, Al-Adil Sayf ad-Din Tuman bay, Sultan of Egypt and Syria, rode forth into the lands of the Juvaynids at the head of an army numbering over twenty-thousand. An insult sent by Sa'id Juvayni ibn Hasan Aqais, the Sultan of Iraq, had brought war to the Turkomans, but they were prepared. The cities of Mosul, Raqqa, and Erbil had been fortified anew in anticipation of the Mamluk invasion. Meanwhile, the Sultan of Iraq had personally overseen the gathering of his forces to try to thwart the Egyptians. Nevertheless, Tuman bay did not fret, as he knew this war would end in a resounding Egyptian victory.
The troubles for the Egyptians started before they ever left Syria. The Army of Dulkadir, a small contingent of men on horse, had brought with them an illness from Anatolia. At first, this malady did small damage to the armies of the Sultan when they joined, dropping only older and weaker-constituted men. However, combined with inclimate weather, the disease slowed the advance of the army into Iraq. When they finally reached the first goal of the campaign, the city of Raqqa, 1 out of 20 men had been killed or incapacitated by the “Dysentery of Dulkadir.”
###Raqqa, April 1508
The still-formidable Egyptian army surrounded the town of Raqqa in the early days of April 1508, their bombards positioned to wreak havoc on the new fortifications. Tuman bay offered to spare the town if they surrendered, but the defenders were resolute. Thus began the long siege of Raqqa. Despite the roar of the cannons, the walls of Raqqa stood defiant. In the meantime, the men in the Egyptian camp sat idle for months. Unfortunately for them, the dysentery had never truly left their ranks, and after a while it had once again flared. Nearly 1 in 10 died to the first wave of infections, then 1 in 20 the month after, until the disease seemed to finally leave the camps. While the brave Mamluk warrior died by the hundreds in the latrines, two crews of slave-footsoldiers managed to double load their bombards. The cannons, and their crews, were reduced to mist and shrapnel.
By July, however, things had begun looking up for the Mamluks. Music could be heard from the siege camp as the men celebrated the end of their plague. The walls still stood, despite the singing, and morale once again dipped in August, until word came of the city’s willingness to surrender. Despite not facing the same extent
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They're always a trustworthy ally in my campaigns or a good meatshield distract the ottoblob.
Also they should get a mission tree.
