Yeah, I was just wondering about that too, but it is possible that they just renamed the armored longbowmen to retinue longbowmen. But the English have it pretty rough, infantry not heads and shoulders above other nations (like the French, HRE), while cavalry really blows. There is no faction specific cavalry (hobilar is just a different name), and only 3two cavalry units (english knights, feudal knights, demi-lancers) other than generals, templars and hospitallers. French infantry is decent, I mean pikemen cannot be THAT much worse than billmen, while boasting 5 or so unique cavs. Plus they even have a french version of the longbowmen according to IGN preview, called Scotts Guard. What gives?