You didn't pay attention.
In the second variant the knight actually has to move. And there is risk - enemy mobile troops can actually intercept you. But I can see that this suggestion still has serious issues.
I've pinpointed a problem - newbie landless knights have nothing to do in stagnant realms. I'm trying to find a solution. This is basically just brainstorming so far.
The solution is to play in a non stagnant realm and let the stagnant realm die, hopefully to be replaced by something with some life in it.
