How do you choose whether your nobles are mounted?

[Tuidjy]

I have started only one game so far, and in that one I chose the faction with the good
cavarly - Aden, I believe.  I've survived to day four hundred, but I still have to see
a noble that is not mounted, and thus, all my faith troops are mounted as well.

Is there a way to get both kinds of faith troops with one nation?  Basically, I would
like to know which factions get which flavour of holy soldier, because I would like
to play with Devourers on foot, next.  As an aside, I assume that one can keep
two versions of the mod (4.0 and 4.1) together on one's drive, right?

 

[Mordachai]

FAQ: http://forums.taleworlds.com/index.php/topic,59232.0.html

And yes, you can have both versions of the mod (4.0SF and 4.1) - just put them in different module folders (which they default to anyway).

 

[Tuidjy]

Thanks for the answer.  As to the FAQ, I had started to read it before, but this particular
one is a bit spoilerish...  Maybe it would be a good idea to split it into two, one part that
gives out the information which the player should know - for example, that nation A's
troop Y is obtained by buying better equipemnt for troop X* at building B.  The other
part would contain things like suggested army composition and siege tactics.

 

[Mordachai]

That's an excellent suggestion - try PMing it to jasonxfri13th - he's in charge of that faq

Also, if you read the first article here: http://forums.taleworlds.com/index.php/topic,52131.0.html

 

[jasonxfri13th]

Thanks for the answer.  As to the FAQ, I had started to read it before, but this particular
one is a bit spoilerish...  Maybe it would be a good idea to split it into two, one part that
gives out the information which the player should know - for example, that nation A's
troop Y is obtained by buying better equipemnt for troop X* at building B.  The other
part would contain things like suggested army composition and siege tactics.

Go straight to the troops section and skip the main FAQ part.
There are 2 troop trees, one is super detailed. The troops trees should answer your questions and the troop/strategy section should answer any other question without spoiling anything. (there really is nothing to spoil since there is really no storyline)

 

[Mordachai]

I think he means spoiling the fun of figuring out best tactics & strategies.  You go into some detail as to how to really prepare, what to look for, what to do in what order, that is more strategy than "manual"

 

[jasonxfri13th]

Okay, how about this?

Cavalry=strong against infantry+archers, bad when on foot (sieges)
Infantry=well rounded, weak against ranged and cavalry
Ranged=usually very bad in close combat but it is always good to have some, very important for sieges

 

[Mordachai]

I have started only one game so far, and in that one I chose the faction with the good
cavarly - Aden, I believe.  I've survived to day four hundred, but I still have to see
a noble that is not mounted, and thus, all my faith troops are mounted as well.

Is there a way to get both kinds of faith troops with one nation?  Basically, I would
like to know which factions get which flavour of holy soldier, because I would like
to play with Devourers on foot, next.  As an aside, I assume that one can keep
two versions of the mod (4.0 and 4.1) together on one's drive, right?

Which nation was your homeland = what troop types you can get OTHER than faith troops
Which religion you choose = what faith troops you have access to

So look at the religions in terms of what faith troops you wish you could get.  Atheists only get a foot soldier, for example, and no cavalry, regardless of the homeland faction you come from.