Is there any single greatest retinue combination to use, or does it depend on the situation? I looked through another thread awhile back regarding this, but it ended inconclusively without anyone really answering if there is a single greatest combination to use or not.
Retinues
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ALWAYS use your cultures retinues. 2nd best should (personal opinion) be the one with the most heavy cavalry/horse archers.
For most cultures, I utilize my cultural revenue exclusively. Unless my retinue becomes very, very, large in which case I add in a bit of defense retinues {unless my cultural unit is defensive} and some archers {again, unless my cultural unit was already archer based}.
Cultural units will almost always be the best bet. The question is whether you're able to field armies of retinues, or whether you're small enough that a retinue is an elite aspect of your army. So, in short, if one plays Ireland, they may want to avoid all non-Gallowglass units, but if one unites the Empire of Britannia, then they may want more diverse retinue stacks.
Cultural units will almost always be the best bet. The question is whether you're able to field armies of retinues, or whether you're small enough that a retinue is an elite aspect of your army. So, in short, if one plays Ireland, they may want to avoid all non-Gallowglass units, but if one unites the Empire of Britannia, then they may want more diverse retinue stacks.
What if the cultural unit is light cavalry? In the other thread I looked at about this topic, it seemed that most agreed light cavalry are pretty useless.
Well, the Iberians get an attack bonus while the Arabs get a defensive one... so they should be less useless. Although in that case I'd probably opt for a mix of infantry, pikemen, and archers to go the standing army route.