Hi, all
I've started to play R:TW not so long ago but what can I say regarding this - 1st I feel that auxilliary archers do perform good on the battlefield - I always have 2-3 of them within the army - they possess a real threat to any unit. Balearic slingers are just superb if you combine 3-4 units in one place where it's somehow problematic to reach them. As for horsebowmen it can be triggerered but paying attention to the details and not loosing balance, as otherwise you'll screw up all other troop with 2-3 horsebowmen, which by the way were deadly after using archers with swords. So far I feel that might be just the way the charge is should be changed a while as history gives us examples of how military horses behaved in attack - they bite and strike with front legs so crushing first rows but not the way the cavalry is threw out the saddles now.