Having issues with my load out.

[Rollotamasi]

At the moment I am carrying a claymore+shield, bow and quiver of arrows.  For this most party this works fairly well.  I like the bow and arrow for taking out horseback enemies.  It's also pretty decent for shooting peoples horses out from under them.  It is generally a lot faster then chasing them around for 10 mins.  I find a shield to be moderately useful.  I generally fight from horseback though so I am starting to questions the overall usefulness.  The claymore is a pretty nice weapon for non armored targets but I find the damage lacking when facing armored enemies.  Then I looted a glaive yesterday and decided to give it a spin and found it to be a pretty all around useful weapon.  The range is insane so it's great for taking out enemies on foot when I am on horseback. Can use it couched to deliver massive damage to armored units that are on foot or on horseback.  Swinging on horse back at armored mounted enemies seems to do a LOT more damage then swinging my claymore.  Down side is that it is slow as hell but I think the pros more then make up for it.

The issue is that now I don't know how to do the rest of my load out.  I could still pack my sword and shield but then I would have to give up my bow which makes me think I'll be spending hours chasing down mounted enemies.  I could keep the bow and arrow and ditch the shield and go for a fairly fast 2hander but then I am giving up my shield which while not being useful all the time it has saved my ass on occasion.  What do you folks suggest for a weapon load out?  What do you personally use?

 

[Maeglin Dubh]

I could give you any number of answers, but the right one depends on your playstyle.

What role do you normally take in a battle, and what kind of army do you lead?

 

[Rollotamasi]

I could give you any number of answers, but the right one depends on your playstyle.

What role do you normally take in a battle, and what kind of army do you lead?

Right now I am a vassal for raven guys.  I generally roll with a archer line, infantry line and cavalry.  I position my archers behind my infantry, my cavalry in front of the infantry and charge with the cavalry when the enemies get into range.  I try to stay fairly close to the my archer line so that i can help protect them.  Once the enemies are thinned out a bit I will go and help my cavalry chase down enemies.  I am leaning towards going with a bow/arrows/glavie and 2hander because I out of everything I think i use the shield the least.  And I REALLY like  that glavie.  If i could find a decent 1h blunt weapon I would probably go shield/blunt, glaive/throwing but all the blunt weapons I have found have horrible reach and speed.

 

[Maeglin Dubh]

With the first option, make sure you pick a fast two-hander; you need it when you're dehorsed yourself. The glaive doesn't cut it on foot, unless you're in a line and have very high polearm skill.