In the old battle system they were *devastating*. I played in Sirion for a few months back then, when Sirion had not a single ally and even Perdan and OI were joining the fun. I remember there was one Fontanese Duke who single-handedly won them several huge battles. He had 90ish cavalry. They'd come in huge for something like 4,000 hits on the charge, but the real kicker was that they were able to dish out 2,000 hits per round even after the initial charge. I have no idea what his units stats were, but I've been trying for years to build up a unit like that.
The worst part was reading the battle report and seeing that damn unit dish out 2,000 hits a round and then, thanks to the randomness of the old system, only take 200 hits in turn which would cause like 4 casualties if we were lucky. I will always remember that unit...
That Duke was Elberan Carnes from Ashforth, but let me tell you that Ecthelion's 70 Slim Riders hitted more than that. The Slim Riders used to have 80 - 90/80
