No skirmish on Desert Cavalry?

[IvarrWolfsong]

Javelins did not have armor piercing abilities.

Take for example the battle of Najera in which the large body Spanish Jinettes were rendered useless because of the heavy armor of the time.

Take a look at the Catalans and their style of warfare against the Greco Frankish latin Kingdom's heavy cavalry... they fought in loose formation and used their javelins against the unarmored horses.

Javelins pretty much became obsolete as soldiers began to wear heavier armor. They were a good weapon against lightly armored foes though. Unfortunately, in M2TW armies tend not to be very realistic and often contain huge quantities of elite armored units*.

In game terms, I don't know what to say... variety-wise they are fun to have in the game. I can't say what would make em special without AP. They would be like norse swordsmen

* I started messing around with more realistic armies in custom battle... its has been a nice change. The Scots really whoop some but there too =P.