Retinues

[Sergeant Flutter]

Levy size boosted by 30%.

Also, unreformed Germanic Pagans get a 50% to retinue numbers, although I don't make much use of it before I flip the switch and reform the faith.

Germanic pagans also get their shipyards by magic when the Viking Age begins. And the head of their faith is a secular ruler much like Islam (although the Flykir can't hold temples without penalty).

I knew about the Fylkir, but not the Levy boost!

Maybe my next game will be Tengri...

 

[Secret Master]

I knew about the Fylkir, but not the Levy boost!

Maybe my next game will be Tengri...

Oh, I forgot one.

Tengri get a +30% boost to Light Cavalry defense on top of the levy boost.

So, a swarm of 10,000 light cavalry, for a Tengri ruler, can be quite powerful if you don't roll the crappy tactic. (I don't know if they fixed the issue with tactics related to light cav and certain leaders yet).

 

[qer]

Oh, I forgot one.

Tengri get a +30% boost to Light Cavalry defense on top of the levy boost.

So, a swarm of 10,000 light cavalry, for a Tengri ruler, can be quite powerful if you don't roll the crappy tactic. (I don't know if they fixed the issue with tactics related to light cav and certain leaders yet).

I think is still persist, as I was rolling over then as Slavic in their land with tribal troops. Really heavy Nerf to HA

 

[Secret Master]

I think is still persist, as I was rolling over then as Slavic in their land with tribal troops. Really heavy Nerf to HA

A damn shame.

Part of it is an actual bug in tactics selection.

 

[dulcamara]

Somewhat on topic, are the bonuses/stats for culture-specific retinues listed anywhere in-game? Or at least in these forums? I've never been able to tell what exactly they're doing for me in a given playthru.

 

[Dragatus]

I think is still persist, as I was rolling over then as Slavic in their land with tribal troops. Really heavy Nerf to HA

I checked the game files and the tactic selection bug has been fixed.

Somewhat on topic, are the bonuses/stats for culture-specific retinues listed anywhere in-game? Or at least in these forums? I've never been able to tell what exactly they're doing for me in a given playthru.

The wiki has you covered: http://www.ckiiwiki.com/Retinues#List_of_retinues

 

[Secret Master]

I checked the game files and the tactic selection bug has been fixed.

Oh, good to know then.

Maybe it's time to dust off something a bit more horse lordish.

 

[Bernard95]

I'm Lettigallian- Baltic Warriors.

So should I hire a bunch of them?

Looks like I'm way late to answer, but anything heavy infantry-based is pretty good and as Secret Master mentioned it does synergize quite well with being a Defensive Pagan.

Fun fact though, as unlikely as combination as it would be Russian Zunist Druzhina retinue happens to be the near-equal of pike because of that same synergy.