Knights

[chaplainDMK]

Ok these dismounted feudal knights are either very overpowered or very underpowered.
So im doing a siege on Hamburg witch is occupied by the danes.
This should have been a straight foreward walk in then genocide siege, i had 5-6 Levy or Militia pikemen, 2 billmen, 1 dismounted knights 5 longbowmen 1 and 1/4 mailed knights and the gens guard.
So i deploy my siege tower with 1 billmen squad to the walls and the battering ram, going ok so far. Then 1 squad of dismounted knights stopped 1 billmen and 3 levy/militia pikemen teams.
At the gate the 1 dmnted knight squad stopped the other 2 or 3 pikemen, 1 feudal knight and then when the buddies from the wall came the mailed knight.
And those 2 feudal knight squads stopped all those troops dead in their tracks! They killed all my calvary, 2 pikemen teams and the dismoutned knights, the other 3 or 4 retreated with 4 or 5 survivers per team.
I mean thats just freaking retarded! I can understand them taking on 1 or 2 pikemen teams but my whole army?
Luckily i just reloaded my last save and retreated from the siege.
I couldnt wait 1 more turn for the siege tower since there was a full danish army in the vicinity witch would probably just decimate my men.
So after the load i came across a danish army with 2 knight teams and some light infantry with axes (forgot name). And there the stupid knights just broke and ran after my 3rd volley of arrows. The other one got decimated by my 2 levy spearman teams in minuts!
What are they so good at defending? Or was it a bug?

[Reynolds]

Probably not a bug, they have high defensive stats and most dismounted knights in the game will beat back levy spearmen and billmen in most situations.

In a seige situation where you can't use cavalry charges to fulll effect you should fight knights with dismounted english knights or armored swordsmen

[OdinX]

Yea, just think of them as basically another set of General Bodyguards. Feudal knights are amazing in most scenarios; you'll probably only beat 'em with 2-3 spear militia per Mounted Knight group. At least early in the game...later on just own 'em with Heavy Infantry and Pro Spears.