Lithuanian Cavalry

[Jxrc]

I only use them if I bribe the rebels located in Lithuania and Livonia early in the game. Otherwise I don't really see the point. They are not really better than mounted seargeant and their tech requirements are about the same as chivalric knights ...

[Czar Alexsandr]

That's all very true....

But considering before the Vicking Invasion the only melee cavalry Russia can get is the Steepe Cavalry... it's a somewhat viable option. But, still it is dissapointing. It takes nearly 30 yrs to get them.. They're quite disappointing.. But I can build them now so I do. Maybe after they get done conguering Europe and the Middle East they'll have enough valour to make up for it.

I suppose all my veteran Steepe cavalry would beat my new Lithuanians anyways. Ah well.. I like all my horses..

[Martok]

Yeah, Lithiuania Cavalry is one of those units I rarely bothered with. I could live with their recruitment cost, but their building requirements are simply too high. Caravel will hopefully get a chance to rebalance them in his Pocket Mod, but fixing bugs and tweaking other stats are his priority at the moment.

[caravel]

Linthuanian Cavalry:
Charge 6, Melee 2, Defense 3, Armour 4

Polish Retainers:
Charge 8, Melee 3, Defense 3, Armour 4

Feudal Knights:
Charge 8, Melee 4, Defense 3, Armour 4

Polish Retainers:
Charge 8, Melee 3, Defense 3, Armour 4

Armenian Heavy Cavalry:
Charge 8, Melee 3, Defense 3, Armour 4

As you can see, Lithuanian Cavalry are by far the worst and with the exception of Feudal Knights take the most teching up. They do need either stat improvement or a bulding dependency change to something much more reasonable.

[katank]

Haven't played MTW in a long time but IIRC, Avar nobles can be built from Moldavia which is reasonably close. That unit has quite low build reqs and is amazingly powerful.

[naut]

Avar Nobles:
Requirements: HORSE_BREEDER2, ARMOURER
Stats: Charge 6, Melee 3, Defence 5, Armour 7(!?), Honour(Morale) 4

Only catch is they are only available in Early.

[Czar Alexsandr]

I like to think of my Russian republic as more of a collation of people. So just for flavour the Lithuanians have some appeal.

Of course for tactical purposes... there isn't much use for them there. Though I would bet they are slightly better than my overworked Steppe Cavalry. Although better than my vets who have won countless battles... unlikely.

I'm still gonna use them cause in vanilla MTW it's the only armoured cav for Russia. I guess it's just one of the drawbacks I signed up for when I picked my faction. U_U. Ah well. In the mean time Livonia and Lithuania make Lithuanian cav and Volynia wont be until the games over...