Question - the Scottish reforms are not working yet, so the text you get about David's reforms are just flavor for now right? I'm not supposed to built specific buildings to get access to the saxon units mentioned in the popup because the reforms don't actually happen yet, right?
And some comments -
--- main complaint is that you suffer from being an island because you don't have access to boats
<- (means no trade, no alliances, etc.)
- You only get missions to capture ireland, and since you can't get boats for quite a while it can be a little annoying to keep failing missions when you really need that money.
- You're forced to conquer England if you want to get boats since you can't build ports in your castles, and the nearest town is an English one 2 provinces to the south. (you could convert a castle but ugh)
- My opinion but the roster feels a little limited, maybe this is intended but it's a little sad when, for example, England gets access to more melee infantry, more ranged, and more cav even early on.
- Your finances are so bad that if you want to actually try and improve your settlements you're, again, forced to conquer England pretty quick. I think this is a little unfortunate because personally I like to try and expand semi-historically and I find it more fun to keep rivals alive and fight many wars over time instead of zerging them.
I actually really like the campaign and am having a lot of fun with it so far, but I figured I'd share my feedback for what seems to be a less played faction.