Nord Archers & Veteran Archers - they are not as bad you as you expect them to be

When you think about using archers in your party you probably think about Vaegir Marksmen or Sarranid Master Archers. Maybe you even consider leading a horde of Khergit Veteran Horse Archers. But, do you ever consider using Nord Archers?

No, of course you don't. You take one look at them and think "These guys are just inferior to everyone else" which is completely wrong and I'm going to explain why.

Note: This information is completely worthless to players who just use cavalry armies to defeat all their enemies since a full cavalry army is always superior to everything else.

1. Fast progression: Nord Veteran Archers are tier 4 units, unlike every other faction archers which progress to tier 5. Most people seem to think that this is a bad thing while it's actually a good thing. You get quality units sooner than other factions.

2. Tier 3 & Tier 4 archers are both useful: Nord Archers and Nord Veteran Archers use different bows which gives them different purposes.
   Nord Archers use fast short bows while Nord Veteran Archers use slow long bows. This makes Nord Archers more useful in open field battles when you just want to have a group of ranged units to interrupt enemy infantry attacks and/or break their blocks, allowing your infantry to cut down the enemy with ease.
   Nord Veteran Archers are better for siege assaults and defenses because they can hold their ground in melee combat thanks to mail armor and good weapons while also delivering a solid amount of damage from afar.

3. They are trained from Nord Recruits: If you worked your ass off to gain good relations with Nord villages in order to get a bunch of recruits to train into mighty Nord Huscarls why not take advantage of the option to turn the excess recruits into Archers and Veteran Archers?
   They're fantastic when you just want to take a small group of units to hunt down bandits so you don't risk losing Huscarls to random javelin throws or couched lances. Their wages are considerably lower than other archers which means you can have more of them inside your garrisons and you don't have to travel all the way to other lands just to get recruits to train them into archers.

Submitted January 22, 2019 at 10:57AM by maluxorath http://bit.ly/2CBoQj2