Sweet Realistic Medieval Combat (Mount and Blade)

[Centurion1]

swadia. knights are expensive but highly overpriced

[rajpoot]

swadia. knights are expensive but totally worth it

Fixed it for you :)

Yeah go with Swadia. Melee combat is very important, so pick Power Strike.
If you find it hard to hit stuff from a horse, then you'll have to practice a bit, because that's the best way to go. Playing on foot is harder.
Also see that the weapon you pick has decent reach. Like mentioned before, get a good Bastard sword at the earliest.
And if you play as a mounted character (which you should), then try and get good quality armour for your feet.

You'll be trampling down poor infantrymen in no time.

[Centurion1]

sorry was preoccupied