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[Jacob/Lee]

Huscarls are great. A few dozen huscarls in the tightest possible formation can fight off hundreds of Khergits. Just hope they don't drop their shield a split second before the lance meets their face.

[Cheedows]

Nords in general fare pretty well with most factions. Unless the AI does something ridiculous and mass 100 Swadian Knights.

[WealthyRadish]

I've always played as the nords, because they seem to be the best independent units. It's easy to just tell a big murderblob of nord infantry to hold a line standing close together, and let enemies charge into them while you ride around killing ranged units. A wall of huscarls also churns siege defenders like butter, and can hold out while defending when ridiculously outnumbered.

It honestly seems like the nord trained infantry are about as good as most factions' top level infantry units in close fighting, and the veteran archers are pretty decent.

[Cheedows]

I think huscarls are the best infantry units, I'm fairly sure they trump every other faction's top tier in general. Not counting one by one but rather general horde ability against a wide variety of units such as infantry, cav and archers.

[Rakonas]

I usually do Nords or Sarranids in vanilla because Huscarls are excellent, while Sarannid Mamlukes are excellent as well as the elite infantry and archers. Nords are great for mass infantry charge while Sarannids are practically already the Calradian dream of Knights, Huscarls, and Sharpshooters.

[Farce]

I always go for Vaegirs, because uh.  They were my first dudes in the early Mountain Blaides, and I hate change.

Arrow storming enemies is awesome also.

[Rolan7]

I always go for Vaegirs, because uh.  They were my first dudes in the early Mountain Blaides, and I hate change.

Arrow storming enemies is awesome also.

Yes, this exactly.
I like to pick up Nord for infantry, and sometimes Sarranid cavalry.  But the sharpshooters and Khergit horsemen can find other armies to be optimal in.

[Cheedows]

Nord Footmen are fairly good considering they are only Tier 2 thus incredibly easy to mass, as in crank out 20-30 a day with enough stacked trainer skill.

[EnigmaticHat]

Nord Huscarls are a higher tier than most other units can possibly train to IRRC.  This is a weakness because it makes them take longer to train and much more expensive to maintain.  But its also a strength because the player's army size is the main thing that makes them offensively powerful, and Huscarls are very powerful without using many slots.

[Cheedows]

Nord Huscarls are a higher tier than most other units can possibly train to IRRC.  This is a weakness because it makes them take longer to train and much more expensive to maintain.  But its also a strength because the player's army size is the main thing that makes them offensively powerful, and Huscarls are very powerful without using many slots.

Yep, which makes every single "Huscarl killed by Urist McAsshole" message during a battle all the more painful and gut wrenching. 

[hops]

And that is why you make Jeremus a master surgeon.

[Flare]

Nord Huscarls are a higher tier than most other units can possibly train to IRRC.  This is a weakness because it makes them take longer to train and much more expensive to maintain.  But its also a strength because the player's army size is the main thing that makes them offensively powerful, and Huscarls are very powerful without using many slots.

This is true, adding to this is the fact that the higher level a troop is, the more proficient it is at fighting. It's the same cause of difference between a champion fighter who feints and chambers like a demi-god, and a novice fighers that the player can kills droves of in the arena. It doesn't matter when it comes to auto-resolve though, unfortunately.

[starscream]

an army of huscarls is the most powerful force in the game, nothing can stand up to them.
coming in second as the most powerful mobile force in the game are mamluks.

[Cheedows]

an army of huscarls is the most powerful force in the game, nothing can stand up to them.
coming in second as the most powerful mobile force in the game are mamluks.

I still argue the horror of Swad knight lancers is much more horrifying.

[Sharp]

Yeah a swarm of Swadian Heavy Cav can be pretty devastating, but only really if controlled by the player, AI don't use cavalry very well but you can get a horde of heavy cav to trample and skewer a murder blob of nords then turn around and do it again.

An army of Rhodok Sharpshooters is pretty devastating as well, they do crazy damage and are decent sword and board men if they end up in a melee.