Thanks for the input guys. I won't be able to comment on every suggestion but I will be sure to consider them all for future updates. Keep them coming.
The territory of the Teutonic Order would be beyond the borders of this map if we take it to be based roughly on the Baltic states of today... the Livonian Order, as mentioned before was by then incorporated into the Teutonic, but left autonomous. Hence no actual teutonic knights, or half brothers with Ts on them... The Holy Roman Empire would be even further away.
This is also partly why the Rhodoks are based more on the Lithuanians and native Prussians than the Poles. The Lithuanians are especially interesting because they put up a resistance even on the religious front; being pretty much the last European people to convert to Christianity.
I sometimes indeed wish for engagements between knights, maybe another "western"-looking faction? though that would probably mean making another map...
Speaking of which, ever considered some sort of formations ? For heavy cavalry, like the Swadian's at least, it kinda bugs me to see the knights charge in total disorder and not in some sort of tight conroi...
Yeah, another Western faction would be fun. It would be something for another map, there is this idea I've been playing with...
The great thing about the historical setup in the Baltic is that each faction can be a different culture, which at the moment, as we haven't got the possibility of realistically moving banners, helps overcome the difficulty of keeping apart your own troops from the enemy in a time where troops weren't wearing real uniforms and knights all had their individual heraldry.
Conrois - personally, I give my cavalry the order to "stand closer" and hope for the best... the current implementation of the formations mod has a couple of problems with it, which is why it isn't in there yet, as opposed to morale, which will be in the next update. Maybe we'll find a solution in the future.
