The more elite pikemen are highly_trained, which is supposed to affect their response time and formation-keeping ability. I'm testing to see if it really makes any difference.
Yes, the Swiss didn't have cavalry bodyguards in MTW. They had SAPs. Valor 9 generals with SAP bodyguards. That's like 3 gold chevrons in M2TW. The Byz had katatanks as their bodyguards. I had so many ex-princes with valor 7-9 katatank bodyguards that I never had to train a single unit of regular ones even in my longest campaigns.
Pikemen in MTW were horrible. You were better off with Gothic sergeants.
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