Quote Originally posted by Kraxis:
Pronoiai Allagion cost exactly the same as Feudal Knights, and have the same stats, but has a smaller chargebonus but slightly better armour (1 point), I think there is a morale disparity as well, but since the assembly is down I can't remember.

Varangians are actually very well priced for their effectiveness, some would say overpriced as certain swordunits can defeat them in equal florin matchups (V2 AUM has a slight advantage over V0 Varangians).

Kats. can simply not beat Lancers unless flanking or fighting downhill with a good commander while the Lancers has a bad commander.
The Lancers' stats are just that much better. But of course it is all a game off chances and the kats can have been seriously lucky, but just do a series of tests between the two.

Byzantine Infantry are brittle, they are weak on morale, but that can be seen to, so they are actually the powerhouse of the Byzantines. But what else do they have that can do enough for them? Remember they have nothing else but this, not like Westerners that has several levels of troops.

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the kats and lancers charged at each other, when the lines met, the lancers killed over twice as many as they lost, but as the fight dragged on, the kats began to beat back the lancers, it took a long time though, as for the varangians, they rip through just about anything, its amazing what just 60 of them charging down a hill can do, they beat 3 units of dismounted chivalric knights, it was kinda funny...lol