No there are late era troops in the game (muskets cannons etc) but there is a full 500 unit types in this game (the max limit is 500) so it has many more than vanillia med2 (it has all there units plus all the units from the kingdoms expansions)
I think you will find enough variety and well a much more detailed era change recruitment then what you will find in vanillia so try and see what you think
PS if after playing you seek more of early troops (how many Knights do you want they look alot alike lol ) i can show you how to remove and add other troops
