Retinue Purchase Seems Out of Balance

[pcuser1584789]

Is there a way to convert light cavalry to something more useful like heavy cavalry/infantry? Every purchase option gives you 150 light cavalry along with either 150 pikemen/light or heavy infantry or 50 cavalry. So you end up with an Army with over half the army is light cavalry. I think a historically accurate ratio of a wealthy king's army would be... 60% infantry/pike, 20% archers, 20% Cavalry

Isnt cavalry only useful in the chasing phase of battle?? Wouldn't infantry make much more sense??

 

[Supershutze]

Retinue options are based on what culture you are.

Obviously you're a culture that values light cavalry.

 

[pcuser1584789]

Retinue options are based on what culture you are.

Obviously you're a culture that values light cavalry.

hmmm, I usually play as Spain... I started as Visigoth and now Castilian. Is there a way to edit these in game or do you need to mod game files?

 

[Slayen]

hmmm, I usually play as Spain... I started as Visigoth and now Castilian. Is there a way to edit these in game or do you need to mod game files?

you would need to mod the 00_retinue_subunits.txt file.

It's in CK2Plus/common/retinue_subunits

The entries you would want are those for culture_group = iberian

 

[Vinex]

Iberian is pretty useful for ensuring raiders don't come back immediately or squashing LI only revolts.