Best Army composition

[Rorxy]

Hey I'm thinking about making my own kingdom and I'm wondering wether this is a good army composition. About 60 rhodok sergeants, 40 sharpshooters and 20 Swadian Knights as shock troopers to help my infantry. If you think that there is a better army please post it

 

[michaelvillena]

IMHO, you need to be able to field different types of troops based on your opponents.  I've always started my kingdom by taking Halmar which means that I'm at war against the Khergits.  I will assault Halmar using Nord Veteran archers and Nord Huscarls which I had trained up beforehand by being a mercenary for the Nords.  After I take Halmar, I will leave the Nord Veteran Archers and Huscarls as garrison.  Then I quickly go around and try to recruit as many watchmen, caravan guards, mercenary horsemen and mercenary cavalry as I can sometimes having to sneak into other Khergit towns to recruit at the tavern.  With training, the watchmen get upgraded to caravan guards, the caravan guards to mercenary horsemen and the mercenary horsemen to mercenary cavalry.  I choose an entirely cavalry based army for field battles because the Khergits are cavalry based.  Foot solders don't do well against mounted archers because the mounted archers tend to run circles around foot solders, shooting jarids and arrows.  With a cavalry army I can run down and destroy Khergit war parties.  Additionally, the Sarranids tend to decalre war on me as well.  Sometimes Swadia also joins in.  I choose mercenary cavalry because I won't incur any morale penalties as opposed to using Mamlukes, Swadian Knights or Khergit Lancers if their faction is at war with me.  So you need to first think about what factions you will be going to war with and adjust your field army accordingly. 

 

[578]

I have recently finished my playthrough, conquering calradia with my own faction. I cannot remember the start of the game, but when I was about level 40 and decided to really hard-push enemies, I got Nord huscarls and Vaegir archers. I was not doing pointless fighting on the field and was almost always moving against settlements. Field-wise, cavalry is the best. Swadian knights and huscarls is the army I favor. But Vaegir/Nord for sieges are the best for my playstyle. Also, defense-wise, Vaegir Archers/Huscarls and a few Rhodok snipers can easily defend a castle against an army 5 times your owns size.