Hi @Axalon,

...just had this increadible experience to extinguish the Norse - with longbowmen...

I would not have dared to enter this province of theirs due to a 8star bodyguard general, all his men in level3 armour - but it was the most developed region, and so their new young king, a mere 2star, turned up there. I entered with mainly bows (a risk, for they had some cavalry, but how wisely does a 2star lead his men?) They let themselves be lured out of the forest they took as cover by a unit of my swift Irish Horsemen I put before their noses - right into the concentrated fire of 7 not-even-covered Longbow-units. Were shot to pieces because they decided not to send their cavalry to disturb my bowmen and so were simply too slow to cover the distance to my bows...none of them rooted, but their last man, the King, got shot down just before reaching my bows.
This, for me, is a lesson learned for using my beloved Norse. NEVER EVER get out of any stripe of wood you find against any decent projectiles!!! As you know from former descriptions, I always used this tactics, but here I saw how horrible such a "simple" mistake can be...

Happily fighting along greetings,
daigaku