So if Japan in the future is a playable civ. Should all civs then get a samurai type unit with different name depending on culture?
European knights are unique in the way that by the mid of 14th century plate armour was becoming more and more common. From the 15th century the knight was completetly encased in steel.
Plate armour was the best protection you could have and no other civilization even comes close to that technology.
They also had to train from the age of 7 and could become knights at age 20
Knights where trained in many different weapon types, tactics, ability to read, and to lead armies
This gives them a huge advantage to the heavy cavalry from asia and middle east
No other civilization had heavy cavalry with this extensive training
So at the moment english and HRE knights are the weakest heavy cavalry in the game. Makes absolutely no sense at all
Imagine HRE having cavalry archers wich is stronger then mongolian mangudai. Wouldnt that be absurd??