Why can't I recruit cavalry?

Parzival2211

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• Jul 23, 2012

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I am trading horses from the Rhoxolani to one of my new provinces that I conquered from Illyria (iron <-> horses). I can actually recruit mercenary cav and horse archers, also normal velites. But I can't recruit "normal" cav and HAs. Does anyone know why that is?

 

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• Jul 23, 2012

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Have you waited the month it takes for the trade to get going?

 

Cheexsta

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• Jul 23, 2012

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Mercenaries are only drawn from neighbouring provinces (so probably Scodra, in this case), so they aren't as a result of your trade.

Most likely you haven't waited long enough, or one/both of the provinces are suffering from a naval blockade. I suspect that there are some pirates around...

 

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• Jul 23, 2012

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If the others haven't said it enough : have you waited the time required? Or are you trying to requit in a different province that doesn't have this.

 

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• Jul 24, 2012

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Hm, maybe I haven't waited long enough. I'll check that. But there are no pirates - not in MY Adriatic Sea

 

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• Jul 24, 2012

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But are there pirates (or any enemies) blocking the Rhoxolani port? You won't be able to see them directly without sending a reconnaissance fleet, but you should be able to see whether there is a blockade in effect around the port.

 

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• Jul 25, 2012

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I checked. It wasn't pirates. I just had not waited long enough. Now, I can build HAs and CAV.

I had not been aware that the mercenaries you can recruit depend on the resources of the neighbouring provinces, which do not belong to you. So, I could get the cav because of the horse resource in Scodra.