Armoured Sergeants are as expensive as many of the better sword/axe infantry units. Yet they are not really effective.

Armoured Sergeants are about as high as a non-noble would get early in the period. He would be a privileged (armour) professional soldier (drilled and trained) of some local standing. He would not be the match of a knight, but he would be a far cry from the rabble or 'gray mass' that often appear to be infantry. He was the one who defended castles and supported the knights in battle. He was tough without being a superman.

He and his compatriots should definately be able to halt knights. I don't mind that the knights actually kill the man they hit, but they shouldn't be going deep into a Sergeant unit (or any spear unit in gameterms), sending men flying and reducing it to 30% (70% losses) in an instant. That is bad gameplay and not terribly historically correct.

Since Mailed Knights can do this, what is the point with the higher ranked knights? Aside from beating up enemy knights it seems...