Flail wielding troops - too few ?

[Yrkoon]

Hi

I was wondering if you thought there were too few troops armed with flails/morningstars. I love flails/morningstars (they negate shields) but most nations don't have any. Except Abyssia, and Ulm in some eras - not all. I'm probably missing some, but not many.

Some goes with indies. Apart from the knights in MA and mostly LA, no troops have flails.

Don't you think there should be more of them ? They would be a great addition to gameplay. Right now troops with shield have a huge advantage because of the missile protection and higher defense. Flails change that : they trash shields. It would balance things out. High defense troops would no longer be so good in all circumstances (think ... vanheim or troops with tower shields).