Carry weight and speed?

[Captain Man]

so im trying to just go slow and build up my warband well being a black smith i was curious on how i could increase my speed of my army well increasing carry weight without spending billions of dollars on an army each week

[Blackjack]

Mules/donkeys are good for caryweight, and cavalry can speed up map speed. If you buy horses, your footmen can ride them while on the world map to speed you up as well. Dont buy more horses then you have ground troops, as if I remember right that will give you a "herd" penalty which will start to slow you down.

[desaix]

Mules and sumpter horses are good for carry weight (Sumpter are MUCH more common in Imperial and Khuzait areas, while Mules are more common in Battania\Vlandia. I'm not sure about the Sturgian or Aserai regions; I think camels work the same way, and USED to be common in Aserai regions, but for some reason you can't buy them any more). Cavalry can speed you up, as can having "footmen on horseback," but if you have too many animals (which includes pack animals and horses owned by your cavalry), you'll start having a "herd" penalty.

There are also perks and racial abilities that can speed up your map travel some, but that's a whole other thing.

[Clovis Sangrail]

Rule of thumb -- You can have 1 horse per mounted soldier and 2 horses per foot soldier without adversely affecting your map speed. Pack animals count against this although they don't help your speed any. You men cannot ride sumpters and mules (even though you and your companions can).

Other animals also count against you.

So if you have X mounted and Y foot units, optimum number of horses/war horses for speed is X + 2Y with no pack animals or herd animals. Pack and herd animals decrease the number of horses you can have without getting a herd penalty.

But when I'm on a trade run, I load up as many sumpters, mules, horses and war horses as I can get my hands on. On my last trip, I had over 700 each sumpters and mules plus another 400 horses and war horses plus some sheeps. My speed sucked -- 1.8 in the daytime across the desert. But I brought back lots of horses to sell.