Over the passage of time, new advances in mechanical technology have yielded a new unit: the Mounted Cranequinier. Armed with a slow-firing but powerful crossbow, Mounted Cranequiniers have the best range for any ranged cavalry unit, but unlike normal crossbows and arbalests, they have to carry substantially smaller weapons, thus hampering their range and rate of fire, and they are also not capable of attacking while moving. Mounted Cranequiniers, however, are better armoured and have more hitpoints than usual, giving them some time to load their crossbows in the face of withering fire. Although they will not fare well if confronted by crossbowmen, foot archers or mounted bowmen, such as the elite Palace Gamekeeper cavalry, their good range, sturdiness and speed allows them to be used as e