Just remember...if you split up your archers into groups, only ONE can be Skirmishers.
I have found the bowmen to be very very effective as well, cheap, and best of all expendable.
Here's my quick advice...its set up now that the peasants exist solely so you can achieve the glorious charge with your knights, and to make it effective as possible. After I pick my knights point cost I add in the peasants to ensure I have enough targets on the field to keep the knights safe till they can attack, then magic users and items and such. The way I look at peasants are they will probobly only exist as cheap screens and fire support, anything else the rabble happens to accomplish (which does happen from time to time) consider a blessing! They come cheap for a reason good sir!
Ive found The M@A are great when it comes to having moble screens, and they can tie up other's hordes with their many rank bonuses while you crush em from the flanks with Cav. They are quite slow and unless you keep Knights nearby for peasants duty rule, hard to control. The Bowmen can really frighten the enemy: they can shoot so dang far and when used in large amounts you are rolling so many little dice their jaws will drop. However they are only especially useful against hordes of low armored foes, otherwise they wont get too many wounds off before it all goes the outcome of your Knights anyhow.
Hope any of this stuff off the top of my head helps.
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