They don't get light cavalry like the Rhodoks either, and their anti-cavalry is a joke. In Native there was only a small difference between cheap Nord Longbowmen and Vaegir equivalents that you could quickly make up with numbers, but Nord Archers in Floris can barely dent armor of C5 and above, and their top-class archers don't actually have bows and have horrid range. Nords are hurt a lot because of their archers. Add to that the longest polearms in the game, cheap light cavalry (with the Rhodok Lance, which stabs and recharges from couches faster than some swords) and a solid sword-and-board infantry and you have probably the best faction in the game, definitely the most balanced. I find that Rhodok A7 crossbowmen can actually fight Nord I7's on even grounds in hand-to-hand.
But Floris reduces Nord archers to basically glorified axe throwers at C5, best, whereas Rhodoks get crossbows to C7 and far superior equipment.
The fact that Crossbows require no training apart from weapon mastery means that Rhodok Crossbowmen have always been better than Vaegir/Swadian/Sarranid archers in hand-to-hand. The Rhodoks are the biggest winners in Floris.
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