Quote Originally Posted by Procrustes
Just one thought re. bonuses and game balance.....

You can already get +1 valor anything-that-is-mounted just by building up the horse farms to the max - and you can do it without building up your castle tech. (I mean, the only prereq is 20% farms.)

I don't know how this may fit with your plans - but I know if I get a region that gives me +1 valor for say hobilars or szekely, then I'm going to build up my horse farmers there and turn them into v+2 without much trouble.

Best,
That is exactly that I do (in the stock VI game) with Turcoman Horses: v2 from Tripoli with Master Horse Breeder, with all available moral boosters I like to base my army on them. Fast, manuverable, can deliver a punch and even have arrows... sweet.

However this is not always available. Should the horsie base on Master Breeder or on Royal Palace you need the valor from the province.

Also you can get v2 with fort level but then the moral of these units will suck...