Hello Archon.  What an Interesting question! When it is the Royal Coalition conflict, the Persian payouts do count to the special category   but I don't know if they count to the hired units category too. So I guess it is the same for the regular Positions CC category.  I will read carefully the  Coalition Conflict task and I will ask the manager for clarifications.🙂 What I know for sure, is that what units we get from the Hidden tablets do count toward the hired units category. 

Hello Archon. As a read the task, the troops we getting from the Persian Position as a payout, credited to the units collection and upgrade category, and the win of a specific Position get points as well to the Patheons and Persian position category. You can check it yourself too.

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Hi Katia.

   Thank you very much for your clarification.