Quote Originally Posted by ReluctantSamurai View Post
Not worth the money, IMHO. The mounted light cav do have AP capabilities, IIRC, as they wield axes, but the archer unit is too small (36 on large setting) and don't offer any real advantage over the Noble Archers other than perhaps a range advantage (I certainly could be wrong on that account) as they use compound bows.

The Noble Archer is your best bet, I would say....good HA stats and can go to melee when necessary as they are more heavily armored than regular HA.

Just my 2cents........
Noble woman have only one advantage over Noble archers- they are lighty-light cavalery (they have same speed as regular HA). This makes them ONLY ultra-light - long-range - melee-capable horse archers in the game. Cruel handicap of only 36 units per squad, and retrain logistics, and also catch that there is no way to get hefty +2 Artemis temple bonus in Macedonia, made me not to use them. If they were 54 (on large), they would be overkill.

PS: Head Hunting Maidens are best "light" cavalry, because they have AP, but 2 turn build, no exp bonus from temples + retrainability problem can be annoying.