I like this. The very best horse archer is probably a centaur, but they'd be exceedingly rare. You can match good archers with good horses at scale, which probably makes up for the coordination disadvantage in any situation outside of single combat between champions of nation states.
Yeah, except
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Is a centaur a better horse archer than a good archer on a good horse?
I like this. The very best horse archer is probably a centaur, but they'd be exceedingly rare. You can match good archers with good horses at scale, which probably makes up for the coordination disadvantage in any situation outside of single combat between champions of nation states.
Or, uh, that's what I heard.
Yes, because the centaur can carry the good archer for double the firepower.