Building a cavalryman vs. building a charioteer

[Donny Brook]

Originally Posted by johndallman

A point to consider: every people that had chariot archers abandoned them in favour of cavalry once they had access to horses that were large and strong enough. The reasons for that are likely to be complicated, but they probably didn't include cavalrymen needing a lot more training than charioteers.

I wouldn't be surprised if the improved effectiveness of cavalry brought a better ROI for better training as well.