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Just thought that every type of mercenary unit has an identical non-mercenary unit (e.g. mercenary longbowman and longbowman) so it would be nice to have a non-mercenary billman with a different unit picture and weakened stats.

Cost: 3 (2 for mercenery billman)
HP: 15 (19 for mercenary billman)
Attack Power: 7 (9 for mercenary billman)
Range: 1
Armor: 0
Pierce armor: 0
Speed: 3
Sight: 4

It will also have the same bonuses from the mercenary Billman. This unit will be different from the Voulgier because the billman has bonuses against structures, siege machines, mega buildings, fortified buildings and siege machine armored, which the Voulgier doesn't have.

Most Mercs don't have a direct equivalent, and I don't think they should. The unique nature of certain units brings a bit of variety to proceedings, and that, along with the extra punch for your pound in cost (or bang for your buck) is what makes up for having to pay the greedy boggers, imo.