Quote Originally Posted by drone View Post
If your faction lacks AP, Militia Sergeants are better and have the same upkeep costs. The low builds reqs for UMs give you some infantry prior to Spearmaker/Swordsmith construction if the faction isn't blessed with Vikings/Slavs/Woodsmen/Clansmen. And with Peasants modded out, you need something early for garrisons. But their stats are just awful...
I knew there was a unit or two between UM and Halibards! Couldn't recall them ( it's been a while since I actually played MTW ). I moved to Militia Sergeants as soon as I could for my armies and moved the UM's to garrision duties. Um's have their uses, but they are poor and comparitivily speaking they get poorer.