I have plenty to say, including that it's YG not YP ;]

But for the moment I want to address a a single issue. Will Norman Knights be the English royal bodyguard unit in Early/High and then Gascon in Late? (similar for Poland, with polish retainers etc)

OR

As I would prefer it, will the generic royal knights that change in each period be used? It occurs to me that this would allow the English access to full plate, barding equipped chivalric knights in High in addition to the feudal Norman Knights, although only in very small numbers, at great cost and most often with the most noble of nobles, the royal family. This makes complete sense to me. The English did have /some/ up to date knights in the High period and this would reflect this perfectly.

In fact I'd forgotten the generic royal units for all the Catholic factions (excepting French, Danish etc) make quite a change to strats and army makeup. I would argue that keeping the generic royal units for these non-specialised (royally) factions doesn't make the factions samey at all, rather it retains the ability of a strong, numerous royal family to bolster your power (as well as being a pain if they get ideas about the throne). I want to suggest that the generic royal knights units be made even more expensive than they currently are (200% of 'standard' cost or similar).

If you aren't planning on keeping them on, I'm afraid I'm going to have to disagree, argue, complain and generally be a pain :]

EEUURAAH.