By this I am referring to units such Ottoman Infantry, Byzantine Guard Archers, and Norse Archers.
In my current Byzantine campaign I have just gained the ability to recruit guard archers; however, I'm not sure whether they are worth it since their missile stats are the same as Trebizond archers and they are more expensive; also, since in my view the main purpose of foot archers is to counter horse archers, I'm not sure how helpful it would be to have all my archers weighed down by armour that would make it much harder for them to keep up with the cavalry.
Anyone have any opinion on these sorts of units? Is it worth building archers that can fight in melee?
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