As time and technology progresses infantry will close this gap until cavalry only have a minor advantage in combat. (The lines unit_type = eastern unit_type = ottoman can be found in these text files) However, for such units, they are only available to the Ottoman techgroup, when played in the game.Ĭavalry regiments at the start of the game will be far superior than infantry.
The developers tried to share certain units like the Eastern Carabiniers between the Ottoman and Eastern techgroup, which can be seen from the text files. Infantry units generally have more dots than artillery and cavalry units at the same respective level, but lower damage modifiers - this makes them generally better at defense and morale than the other respective units, while doing less damage.Įvery infantry unit has a maneuver value of 1. Unlike cavalry and artillery, infantry tends to have balanced effectiveness in both shock and fire, although the fire modifier is 0 until Land Tech 17 and isn't really meaningful until it reaches. Infantry are essential to any siege if you wish to make an assault.
These units will perform better when defending in rugged terrain and worse when attacking in open terrain.
Along with being the quickest unit to recruit, they are also the cheapest to purchase and maintain. Infantry regiments are the basic unit of your military.
