Scotts are weak... and here's why

[Didz]

There is however (well, to me at least) a "realistic" concern about building highlander units all over the place.

Agreed, as a house rule I only trained highlanders in Inverness, which is strictly correct but it meant that Edinburgh was left to construct lowlanders.

Once into England I tended to stick to spearmen and dismounted knights. I even avoided training highland archers becuase it did not seem appropriate.

They're called Highlanders for a reason, and how many sheep shaggers can there be up there, total ?

Actually Highland clans kept cattle not sheep, your getting mixed up with the Welsh.

There were about 75 recognised Highland Clans, but exact population figures were not available until 1755 , when it was assessed as just over 1.2 million. The size of a clan could vary enormously but even a generous estimates of 2,000 warriors per clan only produces 150,000 in total.

Yeah, yeah, I know, I could make believe that Highlanders recruited in Acre or Halych are really strong local peasantfolk taught to fight the MacWallace way... but where's the fun in that

This really highlights the problems arising with the lack of regional troop variations in the game. The only way for armies to partially reflect local ethnic groups is to stick to recruiting mercenaries.