Quote Originally Posted by Prince Cobra View Post
I hate Steppe (light) cavalry. I consider it waste of unit place and too specialised. Yes, it is perfect at chasing routers and etc. but the same role can be filled by the plain Horse Archers. Not that spectacular but a versatile unit for hit-and-run tactics and chasing the routed enemy alike. A master horse breeder and a church do good work for the HA.
I have only the vanilla MTW (no Russian Spears, no Heavy Steppe Cav, etc) so I still find myself training light steppe cav when I conquor eastward with a western european power (no horse archers). Hobilars are basically a slower, slightly cheaper steppe cav (trading one attack for one defense point). The extra speed (vs hobilars) seems to work well for the years leading up to allowing the prov to be able to produce mounted sgts, imo.