So I have been really bothered by the cavalry in this game... it seems basically useless.
Then I'm reading the hub-and-spoke guide again for the n'th time, and it hits me what the cavalry tip about raiding means... when you plan to run attacks outside of your "known" area (where retaliation is likely), you send in the first wave with the "break through force", i.e., slow moving... this one is the boring part. But you follow it up with wave after wave of cavalry, which get there faster, to bring down the morale and cart off the resources.
It's basically like scout spamming, but you get prestige and honor I think. And the other side can't black it by simply having 1000 scouts in the garrison.
So is that it? Is that all that cavalry is good for in this game???



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