i guess back then people dont use horse for warfare

[Nith]

i guess back then people dont use horse for warfare, because i didnt see any horse in any battle so far.

[Major-Skrewup™]

can likely field a lot of peasant levy's for the price of training and maintaining a single war horse....

[OlaHaldor]

This is exactly what an early access state is for. Things will change during development.
If horses are important for you NOW, wait.

Development is complex. Other parts of the game have been more important. Who knows, perhaps horses are part of the game in a few months or within the end of the year.

I admit I haven't looked for a roadmap, if there even is any, but I'm pretty sure horses is high on the "to do" list.

[RuggedlyMansome]

Also, combat is not the main feature of the game. If you plan to be disgruntled at every little detail around combat this definitely isn't the game for you. Total War does a good job though, enjoy.

[Kamikaze$X-GEN$]

there will be horses later its still in early access, we already have seen cavalry combat footage. We will see them soon enough.

[Marcondy]

Originally posted by OlaHaldor:

This is exactly what an early access state is for. Things will change during development.
If horses are important for you NOW, wait.

Development is complex. Other parts of the game have been more important. Who knows, perhaps horses are part of the game in a few months or within the end of the year.

I admit I haven't looked for a roadmap, if there even is any, but I'm pretty sure horses is high on the "to do" list.

The dev has openly stated there is no roadmap currently :) The reason is for him to listen to the community and work on patches and polishes for the first month. Then look at creation of a roadmap. Both Slav and Hooded Horse are saying all the right things at the right time.

[Jubblator]

Breeding and keeping horses for battle, as well as cavarly charges etc. were not a thing until late medieval era (and only for very rich people). The horses were specially bred, trained and equipped. It was not a common thing in europe.
Most combatants had to travel on foot.
Most commonly horses were only used as a means of travel to the battle, where it was dismounted.

[Martin]

Originally posted by Nith:

i guess back then people dont use horse for warfare, because i didnt see any horse in any battle so far.

Seriously.. the dev shows mounted soldiers in his own endgame video. So clearly they are in development.

And for your info first mounted soldier was towed behind a donkey. In a cart. Thousands of years before people used horses or elephants.

[Sir_Ellexhirion_the_Empty_Purse]

It is early acces, features may be expanded such as mounted knights....

[Father President]

What a wonderful question!

In medieval times, most peasants didn’t have horses to help them fight bandits. Horses were very expensive, and usually only rich people like knights could afford them. So, if peasants had to protect their land, they would fight on their feet using simple tools like sticks or farm tools because they couldn't afford to have horses.

['Araturo]

Originally posted by Nith:

i guess back then people dont use horse for warfare, because i didnt see any horse in any battle so far.

You may think you have a point, but you don't... Unironicly mounted warfare was very rare and only reserved for the largest of battles between the richest of the rich. A single warhorse is worth as much as a warband of few dozen men. Since were playing on a much smaller scale, village/town instead of citystates or kingdoms it makes sense to not really see horses that much

[Wyrtt]

Imagine how much money you need to keep one warhorse alive. It costs more than human lives EVEN NOW. Only state and wealthy subjects could afford to mount cavalry units. And mostly nobles and their retinue were riding them.
Cavalry is a good shock force but free peasants are way cheaper.

[redhongkong]

its similiar to plate armor not possible for peasants. unless they earn them from cleaning battlefield dead bodies.
horse not only cost money, but also means another mouth to feed (dont expect them to survive from eating grass alone, u r not steppe horde)