i've mentioned before in the scotland thread that generals have never upgraded from mail armor knights. they still lack basic plate armor that all regular horses have by this point. i thought it would kick in super late, but like with halberdiers not getting their appropriate armor upgrades by gothic event, the generals never got their upgrade. and general armor is VERY important. i do like how it has changed how i use them though, they're only for emergencies. back in regular SS or vanilla, i would use them in every fight like a wrecking ball with the rest of the heavy cav, they were more like a super unit than a leader.
here you can see in the picture, it always shows them as not being ready for that last upgrade. it annoys me because the retrain tab will always be highlighted and it'll be these guys