Quote Originally Posted by Nelson
Because raising dismounted knights would make no sense. You raise knights and dismount them when needed. The horse is part of the very definition, after all. It would be like raising archers without bows.
Well, in M2TW there is no dismount option, you can actually recruit dismounted units and they can never mount, knights also cannot dismount, they always stay mounted. I personally don't really mind that though.

And econ, good idea there though I have not yet finished my french campaign and thus cannot contribute any more to that yet.