Due to the advanced diplomacy skills of the time medieval Europe had the chance to develop some interesting mercenary unit types. One of them is the [url=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Doppelsöldner]Doppelsöldner[/url].
The Doppelsölder basically is a veteran mercenary who gets twice the payment (or more) and fights in the first line of attack often using a two-handed sword or other special equipment. His job was to break the enemy formation and create an opening for the following footsoldiers.
I think it would be nice to have an expensive, slow to produce but very powerful footsoldier. They should probably use two handed weapons (claymores or large battleaxes) and wear comparatively lighter armor (NOT full plate armor!) which would allow them to move/attack faster.
The best way to balance them would probably be to give them slightly increased DPS and a small AoE.
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