I personally dont think polestagger should have been removed. Screwing with the games mechanics is just making combat more and more bland. Devs should quit trying to balance the game by nerfing everything, and focus on adding new game modes, fixing bugs, and retexturing some of the god awful armor that are from the first Mount and Blade. Game was balanced, or as close as it was gonna get, before this patch
Also, to the people QQing about how 2hs are OP, think about it. Polearm users are some of the most versatile in the game. They have the longest, best support weapon in the game (pikes), they can use the incredibly fast 2 directional lawlpikes, rear horses, most of the mid - high tier weapons get bonus against shields, and most of the high end weapons have viable secondary modes (poleaxes, bec). As a 2her, here are your option : Mauls (which polearms have as well), the short, unbalanced axes/maces, and then the greatswords/longswords. Not alot of versatility there. Of course there are the 2hs without a stab, but they are basically in the same category as the greatswords. Do you honestly expect, on top of being so versatile, for polearms to be as good as a 2h in a straight up 1v1? Thats basically the only perk 2hs have going for them.